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Poem: O Grafton, Mrs. Grafton
May 20, 2013 | | Humor
'The Old Editor Says'
May 15, 2013 | Episode #367 | Humor | General
Poem: The Curmudgeon
May 7, 2013 | | General
Poem: Punctuation
April 29, 2013 | | General
Why Would Anyone Use The Chicago Manual of Style?
April 18, 2013 | Episode #364 | Style | General
Poem: The Hurl
April 10, 2013 | | Humor | General
Bad Portmanteau Examples
April 4, 2013 | Episode #362 | General
Poem: Write Right
April 3, 2013 | | General
Crazy English Idioms
March 7, 2013 | Episode #359 | General
The Oxford Comma, in Pictures
February 26, 2013 | | Punctuation | Humor
Why the Plural of “Die” Is “Dice,” not “Douse”
February 21, 2013 | Episode #357 | General
Brandalized
January 14, 2013 | | General
How to Use a Hyphen
December 13, 2012 | Episode #347 | Punctuation | General
Writing for Dyslexic Readers
November 8, 2012 | Episode #342 | General
Google Ngram and "Impact" as a Verb
November 1, 2012 | Episode #341 | General Grammar | Word Choice | News
Ghost Words
October 25, 2012 | Episode #340 | General
What Is Point of View
October 18, 2012 | Episode #339 | General
Writing Scripts and Speeches
September 20, 2012 | Episode #337 | Word Choice | Style | The Business of Writing
Show Me Your Errors: Songs and Movies
August 17, 2012 | | General
Words Actually Can Express...
August 9, 2012 | | Word Choice | News
Cookbooks in the Fridge?
August 7, 2012 | | Humor
"Versus"
July 19, 2012 | Episode #329 | Word Choice | Abbreviations
Tips for Editing and Revising
June 21, 2012 | Episode #325 | General
Country Names and “The”: The Ukraine or Ukraine
May 25, 2012 | Episode #322 | General
The Mary Sue
March 23, 2012 | Episode #314 | General
How to Speak English Like the Irish
March 15, 2012 | Episode #267 | General
Johannes Gutenberg: Language Rock Star
February 4, 2012 | | General
Spelling "Stationery" and "Compliment"
February 2, 2012 | Episode #310 | Word Choice | General
Emoticons: Noses or Noseless?
January 23, 2012 | | Style | Humor | General
The Strunk and White Rap
December 15, 2011 | | General Grammar | Humor