Grammar Girl

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How to Use Hyphens
May 23, 2013 | Episode #368 | Punctuation
Poem: O Grafton, Mrs. Grafton
May 20, 2013 | | Humor
'The Old Editor Says'
May 15, 2013 | Episode #367 | Humor | General
How Texting Is Changing English
May 10, 2013 | Episode #366 | Style
Poem: The Curmudgeon
May 7, 2013 | | General
"Moot" Versus "Mute"
May 2, 2013 | Episode #285 | Word Choice
Poem: Punctuation
April 29, 2013 | | General
The Language of Crime
April 25, 2013 | Episode #365 | Word Choice
Why Would Anyone Use The Chicago Manual of Style?
April 18, 2013 | Episode #364 | Style | General
Flashbacks in Books
April 10, 2013 | Episode #363 | Style
Poem: The Hurl
April 10, 2013 | | Humor | General
Bad Portmanteau Examples
April 4, 2013 | Episode #362 | General
Poem: Write Right
April 3, 2013 | | General
Noun or Adjective?
March 28, 2013 | Episode #361 | General Grammar
Good Versus Well
March 21, 2013 | Episode #51 | General Grammar | Word Choice
Irish Influences on English
March 14, 2013 | Episode #360 | General Grammar
Crazy English Idioms
March 7, 2013 | Episode #359 | General
“Only”: The Most Insidious Misplaced Modifier
March 1, 2013 | Episode #358 | General Grammar
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
Where Do I Use Commas?
February 14, 2013 | Episode #356 | Punctuation
I Love You: A Subject-Object Valentine
February 7, 2013 | Episode #355 | Punctuation
Why Doesn’t “Explanation” Have an “I” Like “Explain”?
February 6, 2013 | | Word Choice
Starting a Sentence With "However": Right or Wrong?
February 1, 2013 | Episode #354 | General Grammar
Can Apple Get Away with “Funness”?
January 24, 2013 | Episode #353 | Word Choice
5 Uncommon Figures of Speech to Spice Up Your Writing (Part 1)
January 17, 2013 | Episode #352 | General Grammar
Brandalized
January 14, 2013 | | General
Is it “a company who...” or “a company that...”?
January 10, 2013 | Episode #351 | Word Choice
Pronouns for People and Animals: "Who" or "That"?
January 3, 2013 | Episode #350 | Word Choice
A Word Lover’s Highlights of 2012
December 28, 2012 | Episode #349 | General Grammar