Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for English

794 - Create Characters as Great as Hamlet. How to Format Internal Dialogue

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793 - Why Journalists Use Misspellings Like 'Lede' and 'Spox'

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792 - A Totally, Like, Bitchin' Podcast About 'Like'

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791 - 'Although' Versus 'While.' Why We Write with Cliches (and How to Stop)

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790 - 'Laureate' Is Good. Why Is 'Resting on Your Laurels' Bad? 'Smarmy.'

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789 - How to Make Your Readers Laugh. 'Whoa' or 'Woah'?

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788 - Why 'Out of Pocket' Means Both 'Inappropriate' and 'Unavailable'

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787 - Why We Associate Political Parties with the Colors Red and Blue

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786 - 'Doomscrolling' (OK, Doomer). 'Each Other' or 'One Another'?

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785 - 'Gantlet' or 'Gauntlet'? Do You Want to Say 'Had Went'?

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784 - A Historical Tip for Remembering When to Use 'Historical.' Put More Thought into Your Punctuation.

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783 - How Hurricanes Get Their Names. When You Should Avoid Using Contractions.

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782 - What are those dots over letters? Why does 'money' have a plural, and how do you spell it?

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781 - Blursday or Whensday? Middle Grade Versus Young Adult Fiction

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780 - Which Comes First? Who or Where?

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779 - How You Can Help the OED. Capitalizing 'Black.' How Playwriting Techniques Can Improve Your Writing.

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778 - Do We Say 'Red Skies at Night, Sailor's Delight' Because of the Saharan Dust Plumes? Also, 'Yoiks!'

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777 - How to Write Fight Scenes (and How to Get Started as a Fiction Editor)

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776 - Why a Detective Searched for 'Clews' in a 1929 Novel. ‘Systemic’ or ‘Systematic’?

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775 - Why We Talk About 'Bad Apples.' 'A Few' Versus 'a Couple'

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