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"Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing" is an educational podcast that was...

"Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing" is an educational podcast that was launched in July 2006 and the title of a print book that was released in July 2008. The podcast, which has ranked as high as #2 on iTunes, offers short one-topic English grammar lessons at no charge to subscribers hoping to improve their writing skills. Archived audio shows and complete transcripts are available at the Grammar Girl website, and audio archives are also available from the iTunes music store. The print book offers advice similar to that found in the podcast and reached number nine on the New York Times best-seller list for paperback advice books. Host Mignon Fogarty has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Washington and a master's degree in biology from Stanford University. The Grammar Girl podcast had been downloaded over seven million times as of December, 2007. According to a Podtrac survey conducted in October 2006, approximately 50% of listeners are male and 50% of listeners are female. Listeners are encouraged to submit grammar questions by e-mail and voicemail. The majority of episodes are built around these submissions. The podcast has won three