Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

831 Episodo

1. 798 - Why 'Hilarious' Is Funnier than 'Hysterical.' How to Start a Novel.

   Publicado: 19/11/2020
2. 797 - Why Dickens' Character Names Are So Revealing. 'Continual' or 'Continuous'?

   Publicado: 12/11/2020
3. 796 - What Is a 'Crony'? Why Doesn’t 'Veterans Day' Have an Apostrophe?

   Publicado: 6/11/2020
4. 795 - Why People Use Scare Quotes. 'Dialog' or 'Dialogue'?

   Publicado: 29/10/2020
5. 794 - Create Characters as Great as Hamlet. How to Format Internal Dialogue

   Publicado: 22/10/2020
6. 793 - Why Journalists Use Misspellings Like 'Lede' and 'Spox'

   Publicado: 15/10/2020
7. 792 - A Totally, Like, Bitchin' Podcast About 'Like'

   Publicado: 8/10/2020
8. 791 - 'Although' Versus 'While.' Why We Write with Cliches (and How to Stop)

   Publicado: 1/10/2020
9. 790 - 'Laureate' Is Good. Why Is 'Resting on Your Laurels' Bad? 'Smarmy.'

   Publicado: 24/9/2020
10. 789 - How to Make Your Readers Laugh. 'Whoa' or 'Woah'?

    Publicado: 17/9/2020
11. 788 - Why 'Out of Pocket' Means Both 'Inappropriate' and 'Unavailable'

    Publicado: 10/9/2020
12. 787 - Why We Associate Political Parties with the Colors Red and Blue

    Publicado: 3/9/2020
13. 786 - 'Doomscrolling' (OK, Doomer). 'Each Other' or 'One Another'?

    Publicado: 27/8/2020
14. 785 - 'Gantlet' or 'Gauntlet'? Do You Want to Say 'Had Went'?

    Publicado: 20/8/2020
15. 784 - A Historical Tip for Remembering When to Use 'Historical.' Put More Thought into Your Punctuation.

    Publicado: 13/8/2020
16. 783 - How Hurricanes Get Their Names. When You Should Avoid Using Contractions.

    Publicado: 6/8/2020
17. 782 - What are those dots over letters? Why does 'money' have a plural, and how do you spell it?

    Publicado: 30/7/2020
18. 781 - Blursday or Whensday? Middle Grade Versus Young Adult Fiction

    Publicado: 23/7/2020
19. 780 - Which Comes First? Who or Where?

    Publicado: 16/7/2020
20. 779 - How You Can Help the OED. Capitalizing 'Black.' How Playwriting Techniques Can Improve Your Writing.

    Publicado: 9/7/2020