An April Fools' show in which Will Ross from 118 Migration impersonates Grammar Girl. Grammar Girl here... This show is also sponsored by Grammar Girls Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing. I've hidden a golden bookmark in five of the copies that...
Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is how to correct other people's grammar. Dr. David asked about how he can correct other people's grammar without losing friends or sounding like a snob. A couple of people, whom I won't name, asked how to deal with b...
Grammar Girl here. It's a rare bonus episode! Today's topics are generating story ideas and overcoming writers block. Matt from College Park wrote in saying that the podcast has helped his writing, and now his only problem is finding something to wri...
Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is redundant acronyms. Some of you know that I'm a working writer. I've had some big deadlines over the last few weeks, so that's why there haven't been as many episodes out; but my work is always a huge inspiration f...
Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is compound possession, but a couple of people told me they expected last week's episode to be about the word capital, since the iTunes title was A Capital Idea. So I'll address that question first. Here's Scott: Comp...
Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is how to deal with electronic citations. Listener Question Now to get started, here's a listener question: Hi, Grammar Girl. My name is Laura and I am a teacher of 9th-grade English and a big fan of your podcast. I'v...
Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is the difference between abbreviations, acronyms, and initialisms. Unfortunately, you can't call any abbreviation made up of a phrase's first letters an acronym. Sometimes they are initialisms. Acronyms But let's bac...
Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is the difference between abbreviations, acronyms, and initialisms. It's kind of an extension of the last episode, because I want to clarify the difference between abbreviations and acronyms. Any shortened form of a w...
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A: Weve been over this a thousand times. The data is irrefutable! Look, weve done extensive re- search, built studies, and read the literature, and there is conclusive evidence to support my theory! B: Horowitz, I beg to differ. Even in your most rec...
