英语语法：12 Hey, That's Not Grammar Girl!

An April Fools' show in which Will Ross from 118 Migration impersonates Grammar Girl. Grammar Girl here... This show is also sponsored by Grammar Girls Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing. I've hidden a golden bookmark in five of the copies that

英语语法：13 Interviewing Tips

Grammar Girl talks about the difficulties she encountered trying to use a spreadsheet to organize her upcoming book, and explains how paper solved the problem. There is no transcript for this video podcast. This show was not scripted. Please forgive

英语语法：14 How to Write Your First Novel

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is how to write your first novel. Since youre listening to this podcast, you probably love the English language and the written word. And if you do, you probably have an itch to write that first novel. Well, you're no

英语语法：15 I.e. Versus E.g.

Grammar Girl here. This episode is a new and improved version of i.e. versus e.g. Misusing these two abbreviations is one of the top five mistakes I used to see when editing technical documents. There's so much confusion that in some of the drafts I

英语语法：17 People Versus Entities

Grammar Girl here. Aliza in Alaska recently asked whether she should use who or that to refer to a board of directors. Today we're going to decide whether companies are people or things; in other words, whether you use the relative pronoun who or tha

英语语法：18 Spoonerisms, Mondegreens

Grammar Girl here. I believe I've said before that speaking and writing are two different skills. Since I'm in a summertime mood, I thought it would be fun to go beyond grammar rules today and talk about some funny errorssuch as spoonerisms, mondegre

英语语法：19 Starting a Sentence With "Hopefully"

Grammar Girl here. I believe I've said before that speaking and writing are two different skills. Since I'm in a summertime mood, I thought it would be fun to go beyond grammar rules today and talk about some funny errorssuch as spoonerisms, mondegre

英语语法：20 Strunk and White

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is The Elements of Style by Strunk and White. 50 Years of Stupid Grammar Advice Fifty years ago this month, Strunk and White's The Elements of Style as we know it today was published*, and in honor of the occasion, th

英语语法：23 Top Ten Grammar Myths

March 4 is National Grammar Day, so I have a special top-10 show to celebrate the occasion, and before you argue with me, read the whole explanation about why each of these is a myth. The podcast version of this article is brought to you by Audible.c

英语语法：24 Units Of Measure

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is units of measurethose words and symbols that come after numbers. This first point might seem self-evident: you put a space between the number and the unit of measure. Even though it seems obvious, I'm telling you b

英语语法：25 Verbification of a Noun

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is verbification. Last week police used a Taser on University of Florida student Andrew Meyer as they struggled to remove him from an auditorium where Senator John Kerry was speaking. The Web has been filled with deba

英语语法：54 How to Get Started Blogging

By Mignon Fogarty A listener named Daniel wrote in asking how to deal with specific fears he has about blogging, and it reminded me that good writing isn't just about putting your commas in the right place, or even coming up with good stories to tell

英语语法：45 Does Grammar Really Matter?

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is why grammar matters. One thing people said they wanted to hear more about in my print book is why grammar matters. I didn't think any of you would need convincing, but maybe you're looking for arguments to defend y

英语语法：42 Did I Tweet or Did I Twitter?

Grammar Girl here. Today I have exciting language news from the new 2009 AP Stylebook. Last week the Associated Press released the updated 2009 edition of its famous AP Stylebook. This is the language rule book used by all the journalists in the Asso

英语语法：65 Irregardless Versus Regardless

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is irregardless. Hi, Grammar Girl. I'm an English teacher in Boston, Massachusetts, and I am freaking out. One of my students tells me that irregardless is now a word, and apparently it's been added to some dictionari

英语语法：37 Capitalizing Proper Nouns

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is capitalizing tricky nouns like Ground Zero, Internet, and Earth. Quite a few people have asked me whether they should capitalize the words Internet, Web, and website, including Chris from Olney, Maryland; Matt from

英语语法：32 Adverbs Ending in -ly

Rumack: Can you fly this plane, and land it? Ted Striker: Surely you can't be serious. Rumack: I am serious... and don't call me Shirley. That exchange from the movie Airplane! is presentedgratuitousLYto spotlight adverbs ending in ly, our topic for

英语语法：67 Is "I'm Loving It" Proper Grammar?

Today, Bonnie Trenga will help us figure out whether a fast-food chain is on the cutting edge of grammar, or its just being creative with verb tenses. Its time to dissect the McDonalds advertising slogan Im loving it. An ESL teacher named Devaki wrot

英语语法：22 Top Five Pet Peeves of 2008

Grammar Girl here. Today I'm announcing the top five Grammar Girl pet peeves of 2008. About a month ago, I asked Grammar Girl listeners to submit their pet peeves for consideration for the peeves of 2008 list, and boy, do you have a lot of peeves! Wh

英语语法：46 Olympic Theme Song

Today we're going to learn a lesson about pronouns from the delightful, inspiring, and just a tad grammatically incorrect Olympics theme song. Does the Olympic Theme Song, I Believe, Have a Grammar Error? I believe in the power that comes From a worl