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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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)
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464 GG Weird Conditionals
30/04/2015 Duration: 13minFollow along on the website: Fiance or Fiancee: http://j.mp/1HI4wcy If-Clauses: http://j.mp/1DA19Qe Dark Horse: http://j.mp/1Othuk5 Sponsors: http://thegreatcourses.com/grammar http://mprofs.com/grammargirl (code GRAMMARGIRL)
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463 GG Most or Almost. Parallel Structure. Follow Suit
23/04/2015 Duration: 11minFollow along on the website: Most or Almost http://j.mp/1bz6joG Parallel Structure http://j.mp/1EwygtV Follow Suit http://j.mp/1yUH2PL Try my iOS game, Grammar Pop http://j.mp/1H5YiSj Sponsor: The Great Courses http://thegreatcourses.com/grammar
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462 GG Everyday. Ain't. Eponyms
16/04/2015 Duration: 11minFollow Along on the Website: Everyday Versus Every Day http://j.mp/1FvEiFz Ain't http://j.mp/1cjF1CP Eponyms http://j.mp/1EjPhGa Try my iOS game, Grammar Pop http://j.mp/1H5YiSj
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461 GG Between You and Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen
09/04/2015 Duration: 10minFollow along on the website: Smitten http://j.mp/1aLWFyC Between You and Me (Excerpt) http://j.mp/1H6eg0b Spick and Span http://j.mp/1a7LdMr Try my iOS game, Grammar Pop http://j.mp/1H5YiSj
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105 Yoda Grammar (Reissue)
02/04/2015 Duration: 06minFollow along on the website: Yoda Grammar http://j.mp/1P06VCE
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460 GG Global English: Prepone, Do the Needful, and More
26/03/2015 Duration: 09minFollow along on the website: Parentheses and Subject-Verb Agreement http://j.mp/1FWMySM Global English http://j.mp/19U43aG Stand in Line or Stand on Line? http://j.mp/1bxpONX Try our iOS game, Grammar Pop http://j.mp/1H5YiSj
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459 GG Subject-Verb Agreement
19/03/2015 Duration: 10minFollow Along on the Website: 'Wrong' Versus 'Wrongly' http://j.mp/1xjQN9H Subject-Verb Agreement http://j.mp/1xClTnM Is 'Heighth' a Word? http://j.mp/1GvnEIq Vote in the Podcast Awards http://j.mp/1G4ixy8
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458 GG Can You Process These Tricky, but Grammatical, Sentences?
13/03/2015 Duration: 14minFollow along on the website: Does E-Book Need a Hyphen? http://j.mp/1wCjVs6 Can You Process These Tricky, but Grammatical, Sentences? http://j.mp/1HPgFLq The Meaning of Minions http://j.mp/1Gy6wBx Please Vote in the Podcast Awards http://j.mp/1G4ixy8
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456 GG Is Starting a Sentence With So Condescending?
26/02/2015 Duration: 15minFollow Along on the Website When "First" Is Redundant http://j.mp/1wtjhgT Is Starting a Sentence With So Condescending? http://j.mp/1wthqsn Synecdoche http://j.mp/1FAUDua Watch Grammar Girl's TEDx Talk http://j.mp/ggTEDx