Grammar Girl Quick And Dirty Tips For Better Writing

Prove you know your parts of speech with the new iPad game Grammar Pop. You don't have to know the difference between participles and gerunds to play, but if you're up to the challenge, it's there waiting for you! Look for Grammar Pop in the App Store.

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Learn how to use apostrophes by pondering a Victoria's Secret ad. Buy Grammar Girl's books: http://j.mp/allGGbooks

In honor of the new royal baby, more formally known as Prince George Alexander Louis, we're pondering a pompous pronoun choice known as the "royal we." Buy Grammar Girl's books at http://j.mp/allGGbooks.

How English evolved to give us two indefinite articles (a and an), and the odd mix of possessive pronouns that don't quite match. Buy Grammar Girl's books: http://j.mp/allGGbooks

Spoonerisms, Mondegreens, Malapropisms, and Eggcorns. Like the podcast? See Grammar Girl's books: http://j.mp/allGGbooks

How to Make Weird Product Names Plural

Retronyms: Scourge of the Language or Helpful Tool?

How to Avoid a Common Comma Error: The Comma Splice

Why Aren't We Gruntled When We're Happy?

"I" is singular, so why do we say "I go" instead of "I goes"?

How to Use Hyphens.

John E. McIntyre, a veteran editor at The Baltimore Sun, shares pithy editing maxims from his new book.

How Texting Is Changing English

Moot isn't moot, but it can mean something different in Britain and the U.S.

The Language of Crime

Style guides.

How to manage verb tense when writing flashbacks.

My failed entries for the Clorox Ick-tionary.

What to do when you can use an attributive noun or an adjective.