Stay ConnectedFive-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.
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We started to wonder why people seem to forget the second half of the saying about bad apples. Plus, we settle a dispute about the difference between "a couple" and "a few."
Read the transcripts: Bad Apples. A Couple and a Few.
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Roy Peter Clark has been teaching writing at the Poynter Institute since 1977 and regularly offers up some of the best writing advice I see. Today, we talked about
Read the transcript: Roy Peter Clark interview.
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How postal zones led to ZIP codes. Why I like to put a hyphen in "re-enter." How "bougie," which today has a negative connotation, came from an older word that meant simply "middle class."
Read the transcripts: ZIP Codes. Re-enter. Bougie.
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If you've ever wondered how to capitalize 'ZIP Code' (or is that 'ZIP code' or 'zip code'?), this one is for you. Plus, I have an interview with Deirdre Mask about this history and importance of addresses in general. It's fascinating!
Read the transcripts: ZIP Codes. Deirdre Mask Interview.
Links mentioned in the podcast: ESRI Tapestry. Missing Maps.
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Our guest, Lindsay McMahon of the All Ears English podcast, recently hired and now shares the lessons she learned going through a lot of bad résumés and cover letters.
Read the transcripts: Dos and Don'ts for Job Applications.
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Why do we use the new spelling "Muslim" and not the older spelling "Moslem" anymore? Also, we talk about AP Stylebook updates and end up on a fun tangent about a gender-neutral term for "fisherman."
Read the transcripts: Muslim. AP Style Updates. Fisherman.
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Here's why we say "cool your heels" and "cool your jets"—they're different! Also, we take a close look at the word "zhuzh" which means to make something more interesting or attractive. You may have never seen it spelled before, and there's a reason.
Read the transcripts: Cool Your Heels. Zhuzh.
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We know we can be overwhelmed. Why aren't we ever just whelmed? Also, maybe it was having cabin fever that made us start thinking about all the English idioms that use the word "fever."
Read the transcripts: Whelmed. Fever Idioms.
Nina Simone video of "Rags and Old Iron."
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From 19th century grammatical duels to modern day suicide prevention campaigns, the semicolon has a long history of inspiring strong emotions.
Read the transcript. The Semicolon
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The word "flaunt" and "flute" are strangely related (flue of shame, anyone?), but don't use either of them to mean "flout."
Read the transcripts. 'Flout' and 'Flaunt.' 'Band Together.'
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