Grammar Girl Mignon Fogarty is the creator of Grammar Girl and the founder and managing director of Quick and Dirty Tips. A magazine writer, technical writer, and entrepreneur, she has served as a senior editor and producer at a number of health and science web sites. She has a B.A. in English from the University of Washington in Seattle and an M.S. in biology from Stanford University. Mignon believes that learning is fun, and the vast rules of grammar are wonderful fodder for lifelong study. She strives to be a friendly guide in the writing world. Her archenemy is the evil Grammar Maven, who inspires terror in the untrained and is neither friendly nor helpful. Grammar Girl provides short, friendly tips to improve your writing. Covering the grammar rules and word choice guidelines that can confound even the best writers, Grammar Girl makes complex grammar questions simple with memory tricks to help you recall and apply those troublesome grammar rules. Whether English is your first language or second language, Grammar Girl’s punctuation, style, and business tips will make you a better and more successful writer. Mignon Fogarty is the creator and host of Grammar Girl. Grammar Girl is a Quick and Dirty Tips podcast. To book a lecture event with Mignon Fogarty for your company or organization, contact Macmillan Speakers. Grammar Girl’s tracks Grammar Girl #688. Dangling Participles by Grammar Girl published on 2019-05-16T22:41:10Z Grammar Girl #687. What's It Like to Be a Book Editor and Translator? by Grammar Girl published on 2019-05-13T23:29:29Z Grammar Girl #686. The 'Dilemma' Dilemma. 'Big Bang Theory" Words and Language. by Grammar Girl published on 2019-05-09T21:39:37Z Grammar Girl #685. How to Find Work as a Freelance Writer. Adventure. by Grammar Girl published on 2019-05-06T21:59:47Z Grammar Girl #684. ‘Unquote’ or ‘End Quote’? Cinco de Mayo. Horse Idioms. by Grammar Girl published on 2019-05-02T19:20:40Z Grammar Girl #683: ‘So’ and ‘So That’: Coordinating or Subordinating Conjunctions? by Grammar Girl published on 2019-04-30T01:23:36Z Grammar Girl #682. 'Kitten' and 'Mitten.' 'Sneaked' and 'Snuck' by Grammar Girl published on 2019-04-25T21:34:35Z Grammar Girl #681. Interview With Jane Solomon by Grammar Girl published on 2019-04-22T22:16:47Z Grammar Girl #680. Wakandan, Groot, and Other Languages of the Marvel Universe. Easter and Passover. by Grammar Girl published on 2019-04-18T20:30:25Z
Grammar Girl #687. What's It Like to Be a Book Editor and Translator? by Grammar Girl published on 2019-05-13T23:29:29Z
Grammar Girl #686. The 'Dilemma' Dilemma. 'Big Bang Theory" Words and Language. by Grammar Girl published on 2019-05-09T21:39:37Z
Grammar Girl #685. How to Find Work as a Freelance Writer. Adventure. by Grammar Girl published on 2019-05-06T21:59:47Z
Grammar Girl #684. ‘Unquote’ or ‘End Quote’? Cinco de Mayo. Horse Idioms. by Grammar Girl published on 2019-05-02T19:20:40Z
Grammar Girl #683: ‘So’ and ‘So That’: Coordinating or Subordinating Conjunctions? by Grammar Girl published on 2019-04-30T01:23:36Z
Grammar Girl #682. 'Kitten' and 'Mitten.' 'Sneaked' and 'Snuck' by Grammar Girl published on 2019-04-25T21:34:35Z
Grammar Girl #680. Wakandan, Groot, and Other Languages of the Marvel Universe. Easter and Passover. by Grammar Girl published on 2019-04-18T20:30:25Z