Grammar Girl: For Writers and Language Lovers.

Quick and Dirty Tips

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...

Episodes

Does Yoda speak 'real' English? Is it 'a real trouper' or 'a real trooper'?

Everyone has a story to tell, and why your memoir matters, with Grant Faulkner

How ‘bee’s knees’ became high praise, and why do recipes sound so bossy?

Why your topic isn't a point (and how to fix it), with Joel Schwartzberg

How many people is a 'troop'? Why spelling bees are called 'bees.'

The hidden logic of English spelling, with Colin Gorrie

How the Crusades gave us 'lingua franca.' 'That' or 'who' for animals? Doot doot doot

Meeting the new editor, with AP Stylebook's Anna Jo Bratton

Decoding the colon: AP vs. MLA style. Plus, words with no known origin.

The hidden superpower of verbs, with Sarah L. Kaufman

Why English creates so many words spelled the same. Why we say 'ye olde' instead of 'the old.'

'Why We Talk Funny.' The reasons behind our accents, with Valerie Fridland

Should you start a sentence with 'hopefully'? Why we might not recognize alien language.

Inside the life of a curator (and the myth of white gloves), with John Overholt.

Why 'stressed' spelled backwards reveals a delicious truth. 'Me' versus 'myself'

Losing clients to AI, and how to gain them back, with Suzanne Bowness

What the way we pronounce Iran says about us. Odorous or malodorous? When smell words stink.

The 3,000 hidden colors of the dictionary, with Kory Stamper

Denim: Secret place names hiding in plain sight. Why the principal is more than your pal.

The crossword puzzle's role in World War II and the fight against Nazism.