Grammar Girl

Quick And Dirty Tips For Better Writing

Grammar

Style Tips

“It Is I” Versus “It Is Me”
October 12, 2007 | Episode #79 | General Grammar | Word Choice | Style
Active Voice Versus Passive Voice
March 25, 2007 | Episode #46 | Word Choice | Style
Are Region Names Capitalized?
March 7, 2010 | | Style
Chicago Style
November 2, 2006 | Episode #23 | Style | General
Citing Podcasts and Websites
April 11, 2008 | Episode #102 | Style | General
Dashes Versus Colons
April 23, 2009 | Episode #167 | Punctuation | Style
Everybody: Singular or Plural
June 13, 2008 | Episode #111 | General Grammar | Word Choice | Style
A Few Short Questions
October 26, 2007 | Episode #81 | General Grammar | Punctuation | Word Choice | Style
Formatting Hyperlinks
October 5, 2007 | Episode #78 | Punctuation | Style
Formatting Vertical Lists
May 25, 2007 | Episode #57 | Punctuation | Style
Generic Singular Pronouns
December 8, 2006 | Episode #29 | General Grammar | Word Choice | Style
Grammar Style Issues
September 7, 2006 | Episode #11 | Style
How to Format URLs in Text
September 5, 2008 | Episode #132 | Style
How to Write Numbers
March 28, 2008 | Episode #100 | Word Choice | Style
How to Write Percents
April 4, 2008 | Episode #101 | General Grammar | Word Choice | Style
Interviewing Tips
November 9, 2007 | Episode #83 | Style | The Business of Writing | General | News
Metaphors and Similes
November 23, 2007 | Episode #85 | General Grammar | Style
Misusing “So” and “Very”
October 19, 2007 | Episode #80 | General Grammar | Word Choice | Style
More Than Versus Over
May 9, 2008 | Episode #106 | General Grammar | Word Choice | Style
Present Tense Books
March 14, 2008 | Episode #99 | General Grammar | Word Choice | Style
Run-On Sentences
April 3, 2007 | Episode #49 | Punctuation | Style
Sentence Length
April 25, 2008 | Episode #104 | General Grammar | Punctuation | Style
Simplify Your Writing
August 30, 2007 | Episode #73 | Style
Starting a Sentence With "Hopefully"
September 21, 2007 | Episode #76 | General Grammar | Word Choice | Style | General
Strunk and Twite
December 10, 2009 | | Style | General
Title Capitalization Rules
September 24, 2006 | Episode #15 | Style
Top Ten Grammar Myths
March 4, 2010 | Episode #211 | General Grammar | Word Choice | Style | Abbreviations
Used to Versus Use to, and Other Listener Questions
December 7, 2007 | Episode #87 | General Grammar | Punctuation | Word Choice | Style
Using “For” to Mean “Because”
May 9, 2009 | Episode #169 | General Grammar | Word Choice | Style
Whose for Inanimate Objects
May 23, 2008 | Episode #108 | Word Choice | Style