Grammar Girl

Quick And Dirty Tips For Better Writing

Grammar

Punctuation Tips

Dashes, Colons, and Commas
April 19, 2012 | Episode #318 | Punctuation
Do You Use an Apostrophe to Make “OK” Past Tense?
February 12, 2012 | | Punctuation
Question Tags
January 26, 2012 | | Punctuation
Direct and Indirect Quotations
January 25, 2012 | | Punctuation
Ending a Sentence with an Abbreviation
January 17, 2012 | | Punctuation
Hyphens in Compound Words
January 10, 2012 | | Punctuation
Where Did the @ Symbol Come From?
January 5, 2012 | Episode #305 | Punctuation
Are Your Holiday Cards Grammatically Correct?
December 13, 2011 | | General Grammar | Punctuation | Style
Formatting Vertical Lists
November 10, 2011 | Episode #57 | Punctuation | Style
Why Commas Matter
November 8, 2011 | | Punctuation
Can Cigarettes Possess Something?
October 18, 2011 | | General Grammar | Punctuation
When Does "Grown Up" Need a Hyphen?
October 17, 2011 | | Punctuation
How to Make Names With Apostrophes Possessive
October 14, 2011 | | Punctuation
Is It "Previously-Explained Goal" or "Previously Explained Goal"?
October 10, 2011 | | General Grammar | Punctuation
Two Weeks' Notice
October 5, 2011 | | Punctuation
Dear Comma
October 1, 2011 | | Punctuation
E-mail or Email?
September 29, 2011 | | Punctuation
Quotation Marks with Periods and Commas
August 25, 2011 | Episode #289 | Punctuation
Single Quotation Marks Versus Double Quotation Marks
August 18, 2011 | Episode #22 | Punctuation
Compound Subjects
August 4, 2011 | Episode #287 | General Grammar | Punctuation
Did Oxford Drop the Oxford Comma?
July 8, 2011 | Episode #283 | Punctuation
Commas With Participial Phrases
April 7, 2011 | Episode #270 | Punctuation
Are You Using Hyphens Correctly?
March 10, 2011 | | General Grammar | Punctuation | Style
Punctuating Questions
February 24, 2011 | Episode #264 | General Grammar | Punctuation
Why Photo Captions May Deserve a Grammatical Pass
February 24, 2011 | | General Grammar | Punctuation | Style
Periods and Parentheses
February 21, 2011 | | Punctuation
Commas with Adjectives
February 10, 2011 | Episode #262 | Punctuation
Em Dash Space
January 31, 2011 | | Punctuation
Ampersand
January 29, 2011 | | Punctuation | Style
Why Can't I Determine How My Name Is Spelled?
January 28, 2011 | | General Grammar | Punctuation | Style