We just had to ask. Grammar Girl, have you ever corrected graffiti in a bathroom or the language on a restaurant menu? “No,” said Mignon Fogarty, the 40-year-old writer and editor who has launched a ...

I’m really excited about this because this industry feels personal in many ways. Many people I’ve met connect their identity to content creation in a deep way that I don’t think happens in other ...

It’s all uphill from here. Eating like a pig. Let’s paint the town red. Figurative language is everywhere. But what makes a metaphor and how are they different from idioms? This rollercoaster of ...

Mignon Fogarty, better known to many as "The Grammar Girl," is focusing more on business savvy these days than on syntax in her new position as a faculty member at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Mignon Fogarty thought she’d arrived at the podcasting scene too late. It was 2006, and as a science and technical writer, she was trying to promote a science podcast she hosted, without much success.

We just had to ask. Grammar Girl, O goddess of syntax, have you ever corrected graffiti in a bathroom or the language on a restaurant menu? “No,” said Mignon Fogarty, the 40-year-old writer and editor ...

When Mignon Fogarty had the idea to start podcasting about common grammar mistakes, the freelance science writer mostly wanted to try it as a hobby. But three years, two books and an Oprah appearance ...

Mignon Fogarty, the voice behind the popular “Grammar Girl” podcast and the author of “Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing,” spoke Tuesday at an event sponsored by the Program in ...

She comes across as so completely, so utterly, normal. A quiet, friendly demeanor. Sensibly cut red hair. She lives in a comfortable subdivision. You would never guess that behind that nondescript ...

Mignon Fogarty thought she’d arrived at the podcasting scene too late. It was 2006, and as a science and technical writer, she was trying to promote a science podcast she hosted, without much success.