Grammar Girl: For Writers and Language Lovers.
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Grammar Girl: For Writers and Language Lovers.

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Five-time winner of Best Education Podcast in the Podcast Awards. Grammar Girl provides short, friendly tips to improve your writing and feed your love of the English language. Whether English is your first language or your second language, these grammar, punctuation, style, and business tips will make you a better and more successful writer. Grammar Girl is a Quick and Dirty Tips podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

105 episodes
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1
Denim: Secret place names hiding in plain sight. Why the principal is more than your pal.
13:46 Mar 31, 2026
2
The crossword puzzle's role in World War II and the fight against Nazism.
18:52 Mar 26, 2026
3
Feghoots: Groan-worthy story puns. How your brain stores words.
17:41 Mar 24, 2026
4
The ‘Tale of Two Dictionaries,’ with Peter Sokolowski
22:58 Mar 19, 2026
5
Why leprechauns are shoemakers. The March equinox versus the vernal equinox.
13:11 Mar 17, 2026
6
'Mini' and 'factoid' don't mean what you think, with Jess Zafarris
13:20 Mar 12, 2026
7
Is the Academy Awards singular or plural? Writing about time.
17:45 Mar 10, 2026
8
Mapping the American Tongue: The Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE), with Joan Houston Hall
38:35 Mar 5, 2026
9
The history of the octothorpe. Sir Fragalot and sentence fragments. Dribzle.
16:35 Mar 3, 2026
10
How 'be like' took over the world, with Sali Tagliamonte
26:04 Feb 26, 2026
11
Why 'Tonka' sounds big and 'bitty' sounds small. Why you CAN start a sentence with 'because.'
13:04 Feb 24, 2026
12
WHY WE USE ALL CAPS TO SHOUT, with Glenn Fleishman
27:05 Feb 19, 2026
13
Draft for Publish on 2026-02-17
27:05 Feb 17, 2026
14
Battle of the moguls. 'Awhile' versus 'a while.' Crittador.
13:14 Feb 17, 2026
15
Writing for ‘civic clarity’ (plus, the power of short sentences), with Roy Peter Clark
23:08 Feb 12, 2026
16
How bored tourists invented an Olympic sport. Centigrade or Celsius? Piqua
13:27 Feb 10, 2026
17
Why AI loves em dashes, with Sean Goedecke
23:27 Feb 5, 2026
18
Why 'forte' has three pronunciations. What is 'playing the dozens'? Ornish
14:33 Feb 3, 2026
19
How can there be hundreds of words for snow? with Dr. Charles Kemp
13:19 Jan 29, 2026
20
Scarecrows and other 'cutthroat' compounds. Reading versus listening. Squirrel Hill Tunnel.
16:39 Jan 27, 2026
21
Scrabble strategy and tournament culture, with John Chew
45:19 Jan 22, 2026
22
What is a baker’s dozen? Making O-words plural. Wrong pew.
13:20 Jan 20, 2026
23
Building the Online Etymology Dictionary, with Doug Harper
33:50 Jan 15, 2026
24
Using ‘impact’ as a verb. ‘Sympathy’ versus ‘empathy.’ Big help, Irving.
15:06 Jan 13, 2026
25
Rare books, burned letters, and Johnson’s dictionary, with John Overholt
32:21 Jan 8, 2026
26
Penny idioms that are still legal tender. The linguistic history of procrastination. Tanner tour.
14:49 Jan 6, 2026
27
The Goth letters: why the alphabet goes off the rails after T, with Danny Bate
26:13 Jan 1, 2026
28
War of the dots. Why we say 'pitch black.' Pitch hot.
15:38 Dec 30, 2025
29
How a long-lost yearbook revealed the origin of 'hella,' with Ben Zimmer
30:31 Dec 25, 2025
30
The origin of X in algebra. Why we say ‘how come’ for ‘why.’ Water handles.
17:37 Dec 23, 2025
31
2025 Words of the Year, with Jess Zafarris and Danny Hieber
24:00 Dec 18, 2025
32
'Pride and prejudice' before Jane Austen. Was Parson Brown a real person? Happy Panda.
15:24 Dec 16, 2025
33
The 'sheeple' incident, with Stefan Fatsis
25:27 Dec 11, 2025
34
The rise of the 'hamster wheel.' The many names of Santa Claus. Unattractive turtles.
14:04 Dec 9, 2025
35
An inspiring tutor, 'New York System' hot dogs, and 'queen spotting.'
25:11 Dec 4, 2025
36
Why Brits eat biscuits and Americans eat cookies. Why brands keep nouning everything. Hamster alert.
17:46 Dec 2, 2025
37
Rob Drummond on languaging and our fluid speaking identities
18:36 Nov 27, 2025
38
The sinful fork (and other dinner-table surprises)
14:49 Nov 25, 2025
39
Why print dictionaries still matter, with Peter Sokolowski
35:31 Nov 20, 2025
40
Personification in language and AI. Dictums, maxims, and proverbs. Expensitive.
17:26 Nov 18, 2025
41
The secret rules of crossword puzzles, with Natan Last
29:16 Nov 13, 2025
42
How '23 skidoo' & 'at sixes and sevens' are related to '6-7.'
18:09 Nov 11, 2025
43
What a ‘Science' magazine experiment says about the future of AI in journalism, with Abigail Eisenstadt
23:53 Nov 6, 2025
44
What Roman togas have to do with today's elections. 'Home in' versus 'hone in.'
16:05 Nov 4, 2025
45
Finding the true history of words, with Ben Zimmer
26:52 Oct 30, 2025
46
‘Ghost words’ and their history. Rules for ‘between’ and ‘among.’ Wilsoning.
14:02 Oct 28, 2025
47
How to be a ‘feisty freelancer,’ with Suzanne Bowness
28:09 Oct 23, 2025
48
Shakespeare's ‘wherefore’ and other false friends. The language of fear. A Tom.
17:10 Oct 21, 2025
49
Why Q needs U and how hieroglyphics created our alphabet, with Danny Bate
37:49 Oct 16, 2025
50
The political, royal and obscene meanings of blue. The differences in ‘plumb’ and plum.’
15:10 Oct 14, 2025
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