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REBOOT: The Might Em Dash
REBOOT: On a Dime
"He" vs. "Him"
Surviving the "Nuclear" Apocalypse
How Not to Detect AI
Escaped Goat
"Fever" Pitch
Super Long Nouns
Should You Write "Conversationally"?
That Begs the Question ...
Nested Quotes
Letters, Ciphers, and Scrabble
Perfection Is the Enemy of the Good
Bless Your Heart
The Opposite of "Regardless"
You've Got Another "Thing" Coming
A versus E
Hiatus is over!
Spring Clean Your Commas
How to Read Numbers
Quotation Marks Aren't for Emphasis
Eight Parts of Speech in 60 Seconds
Waiting for vs. Waiting on
Grammar Hall of Shame - Double Negatives
Weird English Words
What Time Should You Show Up For "Supper"?
Nobody Knows What "Biweekly" Means
Hoot Owls, Humans, and Who/Whom
What's So Bad About Dangling Prepositions?
The Inverted Pyramid
How to Pluralize "Yes"
Yes, We Can Tell You Used AI
You "Really" Don't Need This Word
We're Back ... With More Enormities
How to Use AI the Right Way
It's Obvious You Used AI
It "Costed" Less
A Brief Note on Annotating
"Between" vs "Among"
Why I'm Not an "Alumni"
Make New Cliches
What Counts as Jargon?
The Meaningless Word "Meaningful"
When You Shouldn't Quote
Don't Cite Encyclopedias
And Now, Conjunctions
It's Never "Alot"
Eight Parts of Speech in Sixty Seconds
Bona-Fide Good Grammar
My Parents, Ayn Rand and God
Never Start a Sentence with a Number
Is "Percent" Singular or Plural?
Driver License or Driver's License?
Phonics vs. "Whole Word"
In Defense of Bullet Points
It's Very Bad to Use the Word "Very"
"Further" vs "Farther"
Antidisestablishmentarianism (Don't Use Long Words)
Grammar Errors in Song Lyrics
How Long Is Too Long?
The Longest Word in the English Language
Why Good Reading Makes Good Writing
Why Good Typing Makes Good Grammar
How to Differentiate Character Voices
Do You Really Need That Hyphen?
What Is an En Dash?
What Is an Em Dash?
Can Inanimate Nouns Be Possessive?
The History of the Asterisk
When to Capitalize "Mom" and "Dad"
"U.S." vs. "US"
Why Good Writers Need Editors
"Capital" vs. "Capitol"
Good Grammar Doesn't Prove AI
PLEASE USE PARAGRAPH BREAKS.
Em Dashes, En Dashes, and Hyphens
Clean-Cut vs Clear-Cut
Y'all vs. All Y'all
Tips for Effective Foreshadowing
"Weary" vs. "Wary"
WARSAFE Release Day (& How to Publish a Book)
SPECIAL EPISODE - Interview with Samantha Mendell, Editor & Author
Thank You, Hillsdale College!
How to Speed Read
Making Plurals Possessive (Grammar Hall of Shame)
World Pilots' Day: A Study in Grammar
History of the Dollar Sign
REBOOT - Interrobang‽
REBOOT - How Are You?
REBOOT - Antecedents
REBOOT - Run-On Sentences
This was the first-ever episode.
"Enormity" Returns
What Does SOS Stand For? (Backronyms)
Doug Allen's Guide Part 2: Three Tips
Doug Allen's Writing Guide: "Where" vs "In Which"
"In a Nutshell"
ARCHIVES: Grammar Fun Facts, Part 2
ARCHIVES: Grammar Fun Facts, Part 1
ARCHIVES: What Does It Mean to "Beg the Question?"