Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

Duración total:13 h 51 min
2025 Words of the Year, with Jess Zafarris and Danny Hieber
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24:00
'Pride and prejudice' before Jane Austen. Was Parson Brown a real person? Happy Panda.
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15:24
The 'sheeple' incident, with Stefan Fatsis
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25:27
The rise of the 'hamster wheel.' The many names of Santa Claus. Unattractive turtles.
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14:04
An inspiring tutor, 'New York System' hot dogs, and 'queen spotting.'
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25:11
Why Brits eat biscuits and Americans eat cookies. Why brands keep nouning everything. Hamster alert.
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17:46
Rob Drummond on languaging and our fluid speaking identities
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18:36
The sinful fork (and other dinner-table surprises)
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14:49
Why print dictionaries still matter, with Peter Sokolowski
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35:31
Personification in language and AI. Dictums, maxims, and proverbs. Expensitive.
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17:26
The secret rules of crossword puzzles, with Natan Last
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29:16
How '23 skidoo' & 'at sixes and sevens' are related to '6-7.'
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18:09
What a ‘Science' magazine experiment says about the future of AI in journalism, with Abigail Eisenstadt
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23:53
What Roman togas have to do with today's elections. 'Home in' versus 'hone in.'
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16:05
Finding the true history of words, with Ben Zimmer
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26:52
‘Ghost words’ and their history. Rules for ‘between’ and ‘among.’ Wilsoning.
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14:02
How to be a ‘feisty freelancer,’ with Suzanne Bowness
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28:09
Shakespeare's ‘wherefore’ and other false friends. The language of fear. A Tom.
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17:10
Why Q needs U and how hieroglyphics created our alphabet, with Danny Bate
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37:49
The political, royal and obscene meanings of blue. The differences in ‘plumb’ and plum.’
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15:10
The fight for the modern dictionary, with Stefan Fatsis
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32:52
‘Math’ versus ‘maths’ and other British differences. ‘Spendthrift’ means what?
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13:22
Why ‘Useless Etymology’ gives you super powers, with Jess Zafarris
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33:23
Can you use ‘epicenter’ for positive things? The etymology of ‘bro.’ Mukwonago, Oconomowoc.
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16:34
Adapting a classic: from words to watercolors, with K. Woodman-Maynard
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24:40
Dime idioms. ‘HoCo’ and syllable acronyms. Pulling a Trevor
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14:48
How algorithms are changing the meaning of words, with Adam Aleksic
Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing
14:04
The pirate history of ‘scallywag.’ ‘Used to’ versus ‘use to.’ Cheese grits.
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14:50
From clay tablets to the Gutenberg press, with Keith Houston
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25:19
Why we have indents. More on Formica. Running on Edgar.
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19:13
The surprising ways we gesture about time and space, with Lauren Gawne
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22:58
Vonnegut’s semicolon rule. What age has to do with language. Chocolate donut.
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15:42
Why we say 'near miss.' How dogs got their names. Stupid dog Jackie.
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18:31
How to build a successful writers’ newsletter, with Jane Friedman
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18:29
What is 'versing'? ‘Whatchamacallit' and other placeholder words. Chicken.
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13:14
AI's impact on translators, untranslatable Dutch words, and more, with Heddwen Newton
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19:38
Double possessives. Words that do double duty. The monkeys aren't working.
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14:53
New words: 'beer muscles' & 'waka jumpers,' with Fiona McPherson.
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16:34
How pronouns reveal our psychology. How'd we get our alphabet? Tabagogox.
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14:46
‘Spark words’ and the hidden history of ‘panic’ and ‘Ritalin,’ with Martha Barnette
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32:23