Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

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1. Exploring slang, AI ghost words, and language change, with Heddwen Newton

   Közzétéve: 2025. 03. 27.
2. What’s wrong with "'til"? Why tiny words control conversations. How many cookies?

   Közzétéve: 2025. 03. 25.
3. The best punctuation book, period, with June Casagrande

   Közzétéve: 2025. 03. 20.
4. Why we say ‘OK.’ How tea shaped English slang. Poetry winner

   Közzétéve: 2025. 03. 18.
5. Behind the scenes of Wikipedia: editing, accuracy, and notability, with Jonathan Rick

   Közzétéve: 2025. 03. 13.
6. How did our holidays become so 'corny'? Why do some words have accent marks in English? Cubby hole

   Közzétéve: 2025. 03. 11.
7. Why kids can't read (and what we can do about it), with Kate Crist

   Közzétéve: 2025. 03. 06.
8. The mystery of ‘it’ in English. The most dramatic moments in grammar history. Ghost Town Mad, the song

   Közzétéve: 2025. 03. 04.
9. From 'Parasite' to 'Emilia Pérez': How movies shape language, with Andrew Cheng

   Közzétéve: 2025. 02. 27.
10. Why Americans write 'canceled' but still write 'cancellation.' How printing history gave us 'fine print.' Fluff.

    Közzétéve: 2025. 02. 25.
11. Writing Motivation Hacks, with Mary Robinette Kowal

    Közzétéve: 2025. 02. 20.
12. Why we misuse ‘literally.’ How ham radio got its name. District

    Közzétéve: 2025. 02. 18.
13. How to be a ghostwriter, with Dan Gerstein

    Közzétéve: 2025. 02. 13.
14. Why some holidays have apostrophes. Why Californians say ‘the 405.’ MIGD

    Közzétéve: 2025. 02. 11.
15. Word games and the joy of playing every day, with Lex Friedman

    Közzétéve: 2025. 02. 06.
16. 'Toeing' the line. Metonymy versus synecdoche. Ghost town mad

    Közzétéve: 2025. 02. 04.
17. Wordplay and cartoons: Inside the making of 'AB@C,' with Rob Meyerson and Dan Misdea

    Közzétéve: 2025. 01. 30.
18. Does 'book-book' make sense? Fun words for jigsaw lovers. Chilly chickens.

    Közzétéve: 2025. 01. 28.
19. The secret to writing a good memoir, with Wendy Dale

    Közzétéve: 2025. 01. 23.
20. Quotation marks in 1906. Starting stories in the middle. Road trip words.

    Közzétéve: 2025. 01. 21.