Grammar Girl Quick And Dirty Tips For Better Writing

The Language of Crime

Style guides.

How to manage verb tense when writing flashbacks.

My failed entries for the Clorox Ick-tionary.

What to do when you can use an attributive noun or an adjective.

Is it OK to answer "How are you?" with "I'm good"?

Deciphering crazy English idioms.

How putting the word "only" in the wrong place can confuse your readers.

Fossils of language

Are you a comma-kaze? Do you use commas like confetti? Don't use a comma everywhere you would pause when speaking. Check out the rules.

Why "I love you" is the easiest way ever to remember the difference between subject and object.

and "renanoing"?

Make your messages more vivid, more memorable, and trigger emotional responses using anaphora, antithesis, and chiasmus.

What pronoun should you use when referring to a company?

Is Your Dog an "It" or a "She"?

The good, the bad, and the odd.

How an editor who hated the word "radical," became a radical.

Learn how to use properly use hyphens with compound adjectives.

Use rich verbs, but don't put them in tuxedos.

Tricks to make make your writing more accessible to people with dyslexia and visual impairments.