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Grammar Minute — 254 episodes
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?"
ARCHIVES: Every Day vs Everyday
ARCHIVES: I.E. vs E.G.
When the Music Turns the Volume Down
SPECIAL EPISODE: Interview with Esther Pipkin, YA Fantasy Author
History of the Pound/Hash Sign
Why You Shouldn't Plan
The Most Important Part
"On a Dime"
Bring Back Blunt Emails
Against Emoji in Emails
Contrary to Contranyms
How Many Spaces Belong After a Period?
History of the Percent Sign
The History of "OK"
OK, Okay, and o.k.
How to Capitalize Titles
A Bad Book Title
The "Enormity" of These Headlines
Are Contractions Acceptable in Formal Writing?
The Return of the Biweekly Meeting
"Can" vs. "May" - The Case of the Electric Guitar
When You Need an Apostrophe (And When You Don't)
How to Self-Edit
The Passivity of the Passive Voice
The Eight Parts of Speech (In 60 Seconds)
Subjective vs. Objective Pronouns
When Is Concision Too Concise?
RERUN- Fun Grammar Facts, Part 2
Valentine's Day (A Grammatical Special)
RERUN - Fun Grammar Facts, Part I
RERUN - Shared Apostrophes
RERUN - Irregardless
History of the @ (At Sign)
History of the & (Ampersand)
It's Not That Serious! (Exclamation Marks)
It Isn't Never Right to Use Double Negatives
Why You Need That Serial Comma
"Ten Items or Less"
Show, Don't Tell
Why "Very Important" Isn't Important At All
Scare Quotes, Emphasis, and Sarcasm
Everyone Hates Semicolons
A Warning Against Adjective Overuse
Fiction Tip: Create Your Own Style Guide
Chocolate Books and the Dangers of Foreign Words
Is Social Media Harming Our Writing Skills?
RERUN: The Collar of the Cat - And Why That Sounds Wrong
RERUN: One hundred, 100, or one-hundred?
Writing & Artificial Intelligence
Thanksgiving Special: Writing Thank-You Notes
In Defense of "Skedaddle"
"Warsafe" Cover Reveal + Creating Emphasis
Don't Use These Words
Should You Formally Study Grammar?
RERUN - None of Us Is Ready for This Grammar Rule
RERUN - Banish Flabby Opinion Statements
Brand Names Are Capitalized - And Yes, "Trampoline" Is a Brand
The Enormity of "Enormity" Misused
Is There a Place for Cliches in Good Writing?
Waiting "On" = Fancy Butlers
RERUN: The Conciseness of "Concision"
SPECIAL EPISODE: Interview with Sophia Hansen, Author of Water's Break
RERUN: It's Not Unlikely That You've Seen This Before
Inflammable: In Flames or Un-Flammable?
Imply vs. Infer
RERUN: Hoot Owls, Humans, and the Who/Whom Debate
RERUN: Cats & Compound Nouns
Is English Really That Hard?
Should You Put a Comma Before "And?"
SPECIAL EPISODE: Interview with Dr. Hugh Ross, Author of The Creator and the Cosmos
Corporations Aren't Alive (Singular "They")
Incomplete Comparisons
Does Your Story Really Need an Ellipsis?
Recap: "Affect" vs. "Effect"
"Enamored of" or "Enamored With?"
How to Get What You Want
You Were Being Chased--By An Alligator!
Run, Forrest, Run--But Not Too Far!
Way Back Then Was Better Than You Thought
What Do You Mean, There's No Grammar Minute?!
"She laughed softly" or "she softly laughed?"
Why "an hour" but not "a hotel?"
"Mean You" - Subjective vs. Objective
Commas After Adverbs
SPECIAL EPISODE: Interview with YA Science Fiction Author Lyndsey Lewellen
Single-Sentence Paragraphs
SPECIAL EPISODE: Interview with Cathy McCrumb, Science Fiction Author
Preposition Endings - When You Don't Need Them
Diaereses: The Best of Diacritical Marks
The Compelling Case for Admirable Adjectives
The Infamous "Not Un-"
The Magic of "Iff"
The Case for Ungrammatical Emails
You're LITERALLY So Wrong!
Prepping for the Nuclear Apocalypse
"Based On" vs. "Based Off"
Dr. Steele's Spelling Minute: British vs. American Words
It's Voting Season: Grammar Matters (Maybe More than You Think)
That vs Who (Will Make You Sound Smart)
"More Than" vs. "Over" (Sorry, AP Style Guide)
The Most Grammatically Confusing Holiday (Presidents' Day)
Plurals vs. Apostrophes (A Bigger Rivalry Than the Super Bowl)
It's All Well and Good (Can You Say "I Feel Good?")
Discrete vs. Discreet (Hint: It's Not British vs. American)
The Enormity of Commonly Misused Words, Part 2
The Power of Short Sentences
Do you ever get anything "for free?"
SPECIAL EPISODE: "Haven" Sci-Fi Audio Drama
Using Foreign Words in English Writing
A Writer Responds to ChatGPT
Pronoun Abuse - Stop It. Get Some Help.
Is It Time to Break the Rules of Grammar?
Me Either vs. Me Neither
Toward or Towards?
Based On vs. Based Off
Dangling Modifiers (In Honor of National Coffee Day)
The Golden Rule of Commas
What's an Interrobang ‽
How to Answer "How Are You?"
Words That Don't Exist (So Don't Use Them)
The Sin of Irregardless - Why It's Wrong
Weird: Apostrophe Direction Matters
Carrots, Karats, Carats, and Carets - What's the Difference?
Each Other vs. One Another
Loose vs. Lose (Grammar Hall of Shame)
Fewer vs. Less (A Quick Review)
Grammar Hall of Shame - Adverbs vs. Adjectives
Grammar Hall of Shame - Run-On Sentences
Grammar Hall of Shame - Adjective Verbs
Book Titles: Underline, Quotes, or Italics?
What Time Should You Show Up for "Supper?"
There, Their, They're - Part III
Their, They're (Part II)
They're, Their - Part I
Catching Tiny Grammar Mistakes (Part II)
Catching Tiny Grammar Mistakes (Part I)
"Lay" vs. "Lie" - A Topic I've Been Avoiding
Weird English Words (For Decoration Only)
Flip Phones and Text Abbreviations - Are They Still Appropriate?
Creating Emphasis Without Quotation Marks
"Quotes, Not Emphasis"
How to Write a List
The Most Tastiest Chocolate Doesn't Exist
Is "No" a Complete Sentence? Maybe.
Hoot Owls, Humans, and the Who/Whom Debate
Addressing the Address: Stress and Parts of Speech
The Collar of the Cat (And Why You Shouldn't Say That)
Double Negatives Part 2: The Sneaky Negatives
Double Negatives Part 1: The "N" Negatives
Weird & Wild English, Part II
Weird & Wild English, Part I
Pontifications on Semicolons
You May, and You Might
The Case of the Unknown "It"
How to Impress a Professor (Title Capitalization)
None of Us Is Ready for This Grammar Rule
Wishing You a Grammatical Valentine's Day
Banish Flabby Opinion Statements
The Enormity of Words
The Biweekly Meeting
Grammar Is the Best Subject - Because the Best Subject Is Grammar!
The Conciseness of "Concision"
It's Not Unlikely That You've Seen This Before ...
Friends Share Everything - Even (Sometimes) Apostrophes
Not Enough Time, Part 1
Hadrian, Mittens, & Compound Nouns
Cats, Movies, & Me (Preposition Order)
Semicolons vs. Commas
Everyday Words, Every Day
Let's Compare!
One hundred, 100, or one-hundred?
Plural Possessives