Synopsis
You'll get fun and friendly doses of writing advice in three short chunks: a Quick and Dirty Tip, a meaty middle, and a final tidbit. Grammar Girl covers everything from punctuation and grammar to style and voice. QuickandDirtyTips.com
Episodes
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483 GG Sort, Kind, or Type? Homophones, Homographs, and Homonyms
24/09/2015 Duration: 06minFollow along on the website: Sort, Kind, or Type? http://bit.ly/1Fvq3a9 Homophones, Homographs, and Homonyms: http://bit.ly/1YCzN98 Amazon Affiliate Link: http://quickanddirtytips.com/offers
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482 GG Amused or Bemused. Being Bilingual. Positive Anymore.
17/09/2015 Duration: 18minFollow along on the website: 'Amused' or 'Bemused'? http://bit.ly/1KT1NkH Bilingual: http://bit.ly/1Ko9Lf2 Positive 'Anymore': http://bit.ly/1W4tWHe http://quickanddirtytips.com/offers
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481 GG And/Or. That Should Be a Word.
10/09/2015 Duration: 06minFollow along on the website: And/Or: http://bit.ly/1JT153a That Should Be a Word: http://bit.ly/1f59xlb Start your Amazon shopping from our link and help support the show: http://QuickAndDirtyTips.com/offers
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480 GG Matriculate. Diminutives. Crocodile or Alligator?
03/09/2015 Duration: 12minFollow along on the website: Matriculate: http://bit.ly/1oPSBkJ Diminutives: http://bit.ly/1Qaatld Crocodile or Alligator? http://bit.ly/1KsTHPu Sponsors: http://quickanddirtytips.com/offers http://audible.com/GG
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479 GG Scrabble in Different Parts of the World
28/08/2015 Duration: 13minScrabble in Different Parts of the World
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478 GG Why English Has Silent Letters
20/08/2015 Duration: 20minFollow along on the website: Fictitious Versus Fictional: http://bit.ly/1Nmnr0A Silent Letters: http://bit.ly/1hqOjQl Adult, Adolescent, Adultery: http://bit.ly/1KwPAvM Sponsor: http://edx.org/gg
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477 GG Scrabble Extravaganza
13/08/2015 Duration: 16minFollow along on the website: Scrabble Expert Interviews: http://bit.ly/1MqVrZF
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476 GG Zero Percent, Prefixes and Suffixes, Malapropisms
06/08/2015 Duration: 14minFollow along on the website: Zero Percent http://bit.ly/1Mnyu8v Prefixes and Suffixes http://bit.ly/1ejOkD3 Malapropisms: http://bit.ly/1eT5tDU Thanks to Audible for supporting our podcast. For a special summer promotion to encourage reluctant readers to embrace books, go to Audible.com/patterson
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281 How Do Words Get in the Dictionary?
31/07/2015 Duration: 06minFollow along on the website: How Do Words Get in the Dictionary? http://j.mp/1IHGSKr
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475 GG How a Comma Can Get You out of a Parking Ticket
23/07/2015 Duration: 13minFollow along on the website: Numbers in Parentheses: http://bit.ly/1GGZDfs Comma Law: http://bit.ly/1CW2mqj Minions: http://bit.ly/1TSiDB4 QDT Block Party: http://apple.co/1gA1pKr Sponsor: http://edx.org/gg
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474 GG Flesh Out. Last Names. Hat Trick.
16/07/2015 Duration: 14minFollow along on the website: Flesh Out or Flush Out? http://j.mp/1TDrE0x Last Names: http://j.mp/1V57cHH Hat Trick: http://j.mp/1Mv2j4O Help the show by taking our short survey: http://podsurvey.com/grammar Grammar Girl on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/realgrammargirl/
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473 GG How Understanding Toy Story Can Help You Get into College
09/07/2015 Duration: 12minFollow along on the website: Ban Together or Band Together? http://j.mp/1JTe7xl How Understanding 'Toy Story' Can Help Get You into College. http://j.mp/1S7L4Ik Left Holding the Bag. http://j.mp/1gmXhNG Sponsor: http://AudiblePodcast.com/GG
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472 GG Citizen or Resident? Let's and Let Us. Newfangled.
23/06/2015 Duration: 14minFollow along on the website: Citizen or Resident? http://j.mp/1BBaE67 Let's and Let Us: http://j.mp/1SL2NaP Newfangled: http://j.mp/1NbEVcJ Survey: http://podsurvey.com/grammar Sponsor: http://DiscountFilters.com/GG
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471 GG Size versus Sized. When Is It OK to Be Redundant? Mind Your P’s and Q’s.
18/06/2015 Duration: 12minFollow Along on the Website: 'King-size' or 'King-sized'? http://bit.ly/1AN2M1x When Is It OK to Be Redundant? http://bit.ly/1eRM9rl What Does "Mind Your P's and Q's Mean"? http://bit.ly/1AN1qUh Grammar Pop: j.mp/1H5YiSj]
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470 GG Prepositions in Shakespeare
12/06/2015 Duration: 12minFollow Along on the Website: How Many Spaces After a Colon? http://bit.ly/1EFJVQF Prepositions in Shakespeare http://bit.ly/1Rwb7KU A Treat http://bit.ly/1AAwmqw
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469 GG Kudos. Crossword Puzzles. Squad Goals. June 4, 2015.
04/06/2015 Duration: 12minFollow Along on the Website: The Meaning of Kudos http://bit.ly/1SEAko0 What Does 'Squad Goals' Mean? http://bit.ly/1JhBqmC Crosswords http://bit.ly/1d23nAV
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468 GG Congratulations. Food Names That Come From Countries…or Not. Tall Poppy Syndrome.
28/05/2015 Duration: 10minFollow Along on the Website: Congratulations http://bit.ly/1HM9mVo Food Names that are Totally Fake http://bit.ly/1HM9ww0 Tall Poppy Syndrome http://bit.ly/1KAcYxc Sponsor: http://AudiblePodcast.com/GG
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467 GG Deep Seeded or Deep Seated?, Lewis Carroll: He Loved to Play with Language, Japanese Words in English
21/05/2015 Duration: 14minFollow along on the website: Deep Seeded or Deep Seated? http://bit.ly/1IRDyQj Lewis Carroll: He Loved to Play with Language http://bit.ly/1GsAh9S Japanese Words in English http://bit.ly/1F06qAl
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466 GG Healthy Versus Healthful. The Best SAT Essay Ever. Fast and Loose
14/05/2015 Duration: 16minFollow along on the website: Healthy Versus Healthful http://bit.ly/1Hem0wb The Best SAT Essay Ever Article: http://bit.ly/1H4dr4c PDF of the Essay: http://j.mp/1cVMKHV Fast and Loose http://bit.ly/1A1704R
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465 GG Two Spaces After a Period?
07/05/2015 Duration: 12minFollow Along on the Website: Yay, Yea, Yeah, and Yes. Two Spaces After a Period? http://bit.ly/1IlSO7G English Words from Spanish Grammar Pop iPad http://apple.co/1GRVVA6 Grammar Pop Universal http://apple.co/1Kn9gmZ Sponsor: http://AudiblePodcast.com/GG (Recommended book of the week: Station Eleven)