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Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

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Five-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.Mignon Fogarty, Inc. Ciencias Sociales
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  • 'Mini' and 'factoid' don't mean what you think, with Jess Zafarris

    'Mini' and 'factoid' don't mean what you think, with Jess Zafarris
    Mar 12 2026
    1167. In this bonus segment that originally ran for Grammarpaloozians last October, we look at the surprising true origins of words that often fool people. We explore why "miniature" originally referred to a red color and not a size; the true, non-factual meaning of "factoid"; and how "hello" only became a common greeting because of the telephone. We also examine the indirect eponym behind the word "gasoline." Find Jess Zafarris online: Useless Etymology, TikTok, Twitter, Instagram 🔗 Join the Grammar Girl Patreon. 🔗 Share your familect recording in Speakpipe or by leaving a voicemail at 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475) 🔗 Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing courses. 🔗 Subscribe to the newsletter. 🔗 Take our advertising survey. 🔗 Get the edited transcript. 🔗 Get Grammar Girl books. | HOST: Mignon Fogarty | Grammar Girl is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network. Audio Engineer: Castria CommunicationsDirector of Podcast: Holly HutchingsAdvertising Operations Specialist: Morgan ChristiansonMarketing and Video: Nat Hoopes, Rebekah SebastianPodcast Associate: Maram Elnagheeb | Theme music by Catherine Rannus. | Grammar Girl Social Media: YouTube. TikTok. Facebook. Threads. Instagram. LinkedIn. Mastodon. Bluesky.
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    13 m
  • Is the Academy Awards singular or plural? Writing about time.

    Is the Academy Awards singular or plural? Writing about time.
    Mar 10 2026

    1166. This week, we look the grammar of the Academy Awards and how to avoid an "illogical plot twist" in your sentences. Then, we look at common time-related redundancies like "period of time," the proper way to use "a.m." and "p.m.," and why the abbreviation UTC doesn't actually match its name.

    The Academy Awards segment was written by Jim Norrena.

    🔗 Join the Grammar Girl Patreon.

    🔗 Share your familect recording in Speakpipe or by leaving a voicemail at 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475)

    🔗 Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing courses.

    🔗 Subscribe to the newsletter.

    🔗 Take our advertising survey.

    🔗 Get the edited transcript.

    🔗 Get Grammar Girl books.

    | HOST: Mignon Fogarty

    | Grammar Girl is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network.

    • Audio Engineer: Castria Communications
    • Director of Podcast: Holly Hutchings
    • Advertising Operations Specialist: Morgan Christianson
    • Marketing and Video: Nat Hoopes, Rebekah Sebastian
    • Podcast Associate: Maram Elnagheeb

    | Theme music by Catherine Rannus.

    | Grammar Girl Social Media: YouTube. TikTok. Facebook. Threads. Instagram. LinkedIn. Mastodon. Bluesky.
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    18 m
  • Mapping the American Tongue: The Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE), with Joan Houston Hall

    Mapping the American Tongue: The Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE), with Joan Houston Hall
    Mar 5 2026

    1165. Today, we talk with Joan Houston Hall to look at the monumental task of documenting how Americans speak. We look at the Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE), exploring the unique folk words that survive outside of standard dictionaries and how "word wagons" traveled the country to map the "egg turners," "pogonips," and "oncers" that define our regional identities.

    "Dictionary of American Regional English" (DARE)

    Support DARE by visiting the University of Wisconsin's giving page.

    🔗 Join the Grammar Girl Patreon.

    🔗 Share your familect recording in Speakpipe or by leaving a voicemail at 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475)

    🔗 Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing courses.

    🔗 Subscribe to the newsletter.

    🔗 Take our advertising survey.

    🔗 Get the edited transcript.

    🔗 Get Grammar Girl books.

    | HOST: Mignon Fogarty

    | Grammar Girl is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network.

    • Audio Engineer: Dan Feierabend
    • Director of Podcast: Holly Hutchings
    • Advertising Operations Specialist: Morgan Christianson
    • Marketing and Video: Nat Hoopes, Rebekah Sebastian
    • Podcast Associate: Maram Elnagheeb

    | Theme music by Catherine Rannus.

    | Grammar Girl Social Media: YouTube. TikTok. Facebook. Threads. Instagram. LinkedIn. Mastodon. Bluesky.
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    39 m

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