385 - Irony
More than five different types of irony? No wonder it's confusing! Guest writer Keith Houston, author of "Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and other Typographical Marks" help...
27 Sep 20137min
384 - Homophones
Which English homophones came from polysemy and which came from spelling variation? Try our new iPad game, Grammar Pop. If you like the Grammar Girl podcast, you'll love the game. Hosted on Acast. See...
19 Sep 20136min
383 GG Could Care Less
An excerpt from Bill Walsh's book "Yes, I Could Care Less." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12 Sep 20139min
50 GG Like Versus As
Find out which of these words is a preposition and which is a conjunction. Try Grammar Girl's new iPad game called Grammar Pop. You match words with their part of speech to pop clouds. You can also fi...
5 Sep 20136min
381 GG Prepositions
The fascinating history of English prepositions (yes, really). If you are trying to learn about prepositions, try Grammar Girl's new iPad game called Grammar Pop. You match words with their part of sp...
30 Aug 20137min
380 GG Participles and Gerunds
Prove you know your parts of speech with the new iPad game Grammar Pop. You don't have to know the difference between participles and gerunds to play, but if you're up to the challenge, it's there wai...
22 Aug 20138min
379 GG Apostrophes in Science Fiction and Fantasy Names
Who started it and why? Get Grammar Girl's books at http://j.mp/allGGbooks Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
15 Aug 20136min
378 GG Apostrophes and Plurals
Learn how to use apostrophes by pondering a Victoria's Secret ad. Buy Grammar Girl's books: http://j.mp/allGGbooks Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9 Aug 20137min
