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.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Explosions, chemistry, and dictionary 'spite,' with Kory Stamper
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2026-08-27
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It's Greek to me: Why is the language of 'The Odyssey' shorthand for all that we don’t understand?
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2026-08-25
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Sarah L. Kaufman on the shared rhythm of dance, critical writing, and finding better verbs
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2026-08-20
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What 'kith and kin' and 'beck and call' have in common
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2026-08-18
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Word wagons and bobbasheelys: Life at DARE, with Joan Houston Hall
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2026-08-13
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Why does 'shh' mean the same thing in so many languages, and what's 'broad' about daylight?
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2026-08-11
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How comics are made, with Glenn Fleishman
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2026-08-06
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Why does the U.S. have so many regional accents?
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2026-08-04
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Why "golly" and "gosh" are going the way of the dinosaur, with Sali Tagliamonte
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2026-07-30
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The secret language of gamers. Plus, why ducks don't ‘duck’ from danger
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2026-07-28
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'Writing for AI' and the flaws of AI detectors, with Sean Goedecke
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2026-07-23
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Shark Week: 6 sayings from pop culture
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2026-07-21
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Decoding the Chinese character paradox, with Dr. Charles Kemp
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2026-07-16
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Isn't it ironic? Plus, the man behind the guillotine
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2026-07-14
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Saving Canadian lexicography, with John Chew
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2026-07-09
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Snowclones: fill-in-the-blank phrases we can’t stop remixing. Plus, is it 'RBIs' or 'RBI'?
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2026-07-07
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Building a beloved resource for word lovers, with Doug Harper
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2026-07-02
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How to answer the question 'What's your book about?'
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2026-06-30
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Fossil words, eponyms, and a miscellany of weird facts, with Jess Zafarris and Shannon Miller
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2026-06-25
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Why 'love' means 'zero' in tennis
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2026-06-23
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