Grammar Girl

Created on purpose and easy to learn, Esperanto will amaze you. Once you learn the origin of "fall," you'll look at trees in a whole new way.LINKS AND SPONSORS |Bona: http:/bona.com/grammar |Mastercla...

19 Sep 201911min

Learn from our fact checking tips that come from years of experience. Also, we answer a listener question about why we call something a "watershed moment."LINKS AND SPONSORS |Merrill Financial Advisor...

16 Sep 201911min

Have you ever wondered why the British say "maths" and "in hospital" and Americans say "math" and "in the hospital"? We have some answers. Also, we look at why the most common verbs tend to be irregul...

12 Sep 201914min

Alan wonders what to think about his co-workers "solutioning" problems. Also, we investigate whether you should tell people "It is I" or "It is me."LINKS AND SPONSORS |Merrill Financial Advisor Develo...

9 Sep 201912min

We think there are better ways to talk about conditionals (such as "If Squiggly knew the answer...") than to use the vague terms first, second, and third conditionals. Also we look at why people talk ...

5 Sep 201914min

If you hate how people misuse words like "literally" and "awesome," at least you can learn that there's a name for that kind of misuse: semantic bleaching. Also, have you ever considered using World o...

2 Sep 201915min

Writing for speech is different from writing for print. The "aks" pronunciation for "ask" has a nearly 1000-year history.LINKS AND SPONSORS |Magoosh: http://magoosh.com code: GRAMMAR |Babbel: http://b...

29 Aug 201913min

Use these tricks to get a laugh.LINKS AND SPONSORS |Merrill Financial Advisor Development Program: http:/careers.bankofamerica.com |Magoosh: http://magoosh.com code: GRAMMAR |Proactiv: http://proactiv...

26 Aug 201911min