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Grammar Minute — 276 episodes · page 2 of 3
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?
"Weary" vs. "Wary"
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