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Great Deal on The Grammar Devotional For a limited time, you can buy the electronic version of The Grammar Devotional for just $2.99! Available now on Nook, iBooks, Kindle, or Google Play.           Citing Podcasts and Websites Over winter break I saw a capital Beyoncé meme that said, "If you liked it, you should have put a citation on it," which made me laugh and reminded me of this listener question: Hi, Grammar Girl. My name is Laura and I am a teacher of 9th-grade English and a big fan of your podcast. ...Read More 01/19/2017 8:58pm Capital vs. Capitol If you're going to the capital, you spell capital with an A and don't capitalize the word. Capital Capital refers a city that is the seat of government for its region or is important in some way, but it has many other meanings too. A capital is an uppercase letter. Capital is wealth or money, especially in the context of business: Squiggly needs capital to get his hot chocolate stand up and running. ...Read More 01/19/2017 11:59am 4 Ways to Improve Your Writing This Year 1. Find a Peer-Editing Buddy You may have a friend who has the same major as you, works in the same department, or just has a similar interest in improving his or her writing skills. Reading each other's work can help you both in a variety of ways. ...Read More 01/12/2017 8:05pm Words of the Year, 2016 Edition Online Dictionaries aren't just convenient, they give the people who run the dictionary sites a view into the zeitgeist in a way that was never possible when people looked up words in physical books. Lexicographers see data about what visitors are looking up, and naming words of the year based on search spikes or overall increases in search volume for particular words has become a tradition. ...Read More 01/12/2017 12:43pm     FROM QUICK AND DIRTY TIPS Get More Grammar Girl Visit the website. Subscribe to the Grammar Girl podcast at iTunes or via RSS. Find Grammar Girl books, gear, and more at the Quick and Dirty Tips store. Have Questions? Search the Quick and Dirty Tips website. We have more than 600 articles about grammar and language. There's a good chance your question has already been covered.                 Best wishes, (and the Quick and Dirty Tips Team)                 Want more tips? If this was forwarded to you by a friend and you'd like to receive future tips, you can sign up here. Please don't use the subscribe/unsubscribe link at the bottom of the page because this will overwrite your friend's subscription. (If this came directly to you, you can use the subscribe/unsubscribe link below to manage your subscription.)                 FOLLOW ME

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