Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

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1. How a special dictionary kept soldiers connected during WWII, with Peter Sokolowski

   Udgivet: 23.5.2024
2. Why some sentences have double subjects. The story behind the old F-like letter S. Schwen schwen on dill.

   Udgivet: 21.5.2024
3. Efficiency hacks for writers and editors with Erin Brenner

   Udgivet: 16.5.2024
4. We found the story behind "whim wham for a mucket"!

   Udgivet: 14.5.2024
5. Words, coffee, and urban planning: Eli Burnstein on the Dictionary of Fine Distinctions

   Udgivet: 9.5.2024
6. Skunked words. The power of pronouns. Quigleys

   Udgivet: 7.5.2024
7. Air worms and fire breathing dragons: Old English animal stories with Hana Videen

   Udgivet: 2.5.2024
8. When (and How) Should You Cite AI? 'Critters,' 'Varmints,' and Beyond. Choobers.

   Udgivet: 30.4.2024
9. Exploring the 'Funnest' Parts of Language with Anne Curzan

   Udgivet: 25.4.2024
10. The birth of punctuation: from oral traditions to silent reading. Noun clusters. A wing wang in a mucket.

    Udgivet: 23.4.2024
11. How to become a supercommunicator, with Charles Duhigg

    Udgivet: 18.4.2024
12. Big changes in Associated Press style. The 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' finale was catawampus. Bappy

    Udgivet: 16.4.2024
13. Pet-Speak: From Meowlogisms to Zoomies. 'Imply' or 'Infer'?

    Udgivet: 9.4.2024
14. You love to read. Could you narrate?

    Udgivet: 2.4.2024
15. Memory, Aging, and the Lingering 'Anyways'

    Udgivet: 26.3.2024
16. A nuclear win at the Oscars. CamelCase. One clo.

    Udgivet: 19.3.2024
17. From grunts to grammar. The Irish 'after doing.' The winning NGD poem!

    Udgivet: 12.3.2024
18. Where did our language start?

    Udgivet: 5.3.2024
19. 'Addictive' or 'addicting'? Types of nouns. Folley

    Udgivet: 27.2.2024
20. Tracing the origins of Miami's new English. Why it's not a 'gumballs' machine. Embassy Sweets.

    Udgivet: 20.2.2024