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Why does good grammar matter?

Scripps News

March 4, 2024
Author Ellen Jovin Brings Her Grammar Table to Philly

The Philadelphia Inquirer

October 19, 2023
Grammar Guru Gets ‘Expelled’ from UWS Subway Station

West Side Rag

October 19, 2023
Grammar Expert Doles Out Advice on the National Mall

NBC4 Washington

October 5, 2023
Meet the Woman Who Knows All Things Grammar

WUSA9, Washington DC

October 4, 2023
'I Just Really Love Words’: The Grammar Table Takes Her Talents to the Lincoln Memorial

WTOP News, Washington DC

October 4, 2023
What Word Sums Up Your Year?

Language in the Wild blog, Psychology Today

January 8, 2023
Around the Writers’ Table: Books for the Holidays

The Martha's Vineyard Times

December 20, 2022
Top 10 Must-Reads for 2022: Gifts for Readers and Thinkers

Boston Business Journal

December 16, 2022
Warm Up This Winter with These Books by, for and About Vermonters

Burlington Free Press

December 7, 2022
11 Language Books That Won’t Bore You

BuzzFeed News

November 19, 2022
'Rebel with a Clause': Ellen Jovin's Grammar Lifeline for Word Nerds

Midday with Tom Hall, WYPR, Baltimore

November 18, 2022
Gift Ideas for Those Who Love to Read

The Buzz Magazines

November 10, 2022
'Rebel with a Clause'

All Sides with Ann Fisher, WOSU Public Radio, Columbus

October 20, 2022
South Bend Featured Prominently in Ellen Jovin’s Grammar Table Book 'Rebel with a Clause’

South Bend Tribune

October 11, 2022
Book Recommendations: 'Rebel with a Clause'

A Way with Words

September 26, 2022
'Rebel with a Clause': Ellen Jovin

Conversations Live with Vicki St. Clair‍

September 21, 2022
Ellen Jovin Talks About 'Rebel with a Clause'

CMOS ShopTalk from The Chicago Manual of Style

September 20, 2022
Grammar Lessons from a Former Adjunct Turned ‘Public Grammarian’

The Chronicle of Higher Education

September 19, 2022
Communication Breakdown

The Washington Free Beacon

September 11, 2022
Best Audiobooks of the Season: Audio in Depth, Starred Reviews

Library Journal

September 9, 2022
Do You Argue over the Oxford Comma or Go Nuts with a Misplaced Apostrophe? This Hilarious New Grammar Book Is for You

New Day NW, King5 Seattle

September 7, 2022
'Rebel with a Clause': Catching Up with Ellen Jovin

Profiles in Creativity interview with Laura Cococcia, Head of Global HR Strategy at GE

September 7, 2022
Alaska Grammar Nerds, Rejoice! The Grammar Table Is Here

Alaska Public Media

September 6, 2022
Review, 'Rebel with a Clause' Audiobook

AudioFile

September 1, 2022
This Week's Bestsellers: August 29, 2022

Publishers Weekly

August 29, 2022
How Fighting over Grammar Can Help Fix a Divided America

Los Angeles Times Today

August 26, 2022
When That Grammar You (Think You) Learned May Be Hurting Your Writing: 3 Fake Rules of Grammar

Writer's Digest

August 26, 2022
'Rebel with a Clause: Tales and Tips from a Roving Grammarian'

StudioTulsa, KWGS Public Radio Tulsa

August 26, 2022
Focus Fails, and a New Book Mixes Humor, Grammar

Baker City Herald

August 26, 2022
NPR's Book of the Day

NPR

August 24, 2022
'Rebel with a Clause' by Ellen Jovin

All About Books, Nebraska Public Media

August 18, 2022
Parade Picks: Meet the Grammar Guru

Parade Magazine

August 14, 2022
The Grammar Doctor Is In

Wisconsin Public Radio

August 5, 2022
Grammar Geeks Unite! 'Rebel with a Clause' Author on the Biggest Grammar Gaffes

We Are Austin on CBS Austin

August 4, 2022
'Rebel with a Clause: Tales and Tips from a Roving Grammarian'

KATU ABC, Portland, Oregon

August 2, 2022
Conversations: Ellen Jovin, 'Rebel with a Clause: Tales and Tips from a Roving Grammarian'

Conversations, KPR Kansas Public Radio

August 1, 2022
A Riotous Good Time with Ellen Jovin of the Grammar Table

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing podcast‍

July 29, 2022
Starred Book Review: 'Rebel with a Clause'

Kirkus

July 29, 2022
What Happens When You Offer Grammar Advice to Complete Strangers in the Middle of Manhattan

Literary Hub

July 26, 2022
Reader Does This Question Need a Comma? A New Book Offers Grammar Help.

Washington Post

July 26, 2022
Roving Grammarian Ellen Jovin on her book ‘Rebel with a Clause’

The 21st, Illinois Public Media

July 26, 2022
Grammar Gains Newfound Importance with New Book 'Rebel with a Clause'

Fox 32 Chicago

July 25, 2022
We Can All Use a Little Help with Our Grammar

Think with Kris Boyd, KERA, Dallas/Fort Worth

July 22, 2022
Ellen Jovin: On Hosting a Nationwide Grammar Party

Writer's Digest

July 21, 2022
Interview with Ellen Jovin: 'Rebel with a Clause'

Thoughts from a Page podcast

July 21, 2022
Get Your Grammar Fix from 'Rebel with a Clause'

The Jefferson Exchange, Jefferson Public Radio, Oregon

July 20, 2022
Grammar Table Encounters in Milwaukee & Across America

The Morning Blend on WTMJ-TV Milwaukee

July 18, 2022
Grammar Angst: America’s Unifier

Dothan Eagle, Alabama

July 16, 2022
A Word, Please: A Language Lover’s View from Grammar Heaven

Daily Pilot, Los Angeles

July 11, 2022
Putting the Grammar Table on the Page

Our Town, New York City

July 8, 2022
Learning to Love Apostrophes

Subtitle podcast

July 6, 2022
'Rebel with a Clause' with Ellen Jovin

Because Language podcast

June 29, 2022
Around the Writers’ Table: To Comma or Not to Comma

The Martha’s Vineyard Times

June 15, 2022
Book Review. 'Rebel with a Clause: Tales and Tips from a Roving Grammarian'

Publishers Weekly

April 13, 2022
Are You One of Those People Who Aren't Able to Keep This Straight?

The Baltimore Sun

October 6, 2020
Grammar Table Lady

WGNO, New Orleans

July 4, 2020
A Defense of Dots and Dashes

The Common Reader

December 12, 2019
Got Grammar Questions? Charleston Gets Language Help, Advice from Sidewalk Grammar Guru

The Post and Courier, Charleston, South Carolina

November 29, 2019
To Hyphenate or Not to Hyphenate: That Is the Question

Sunday Morning with Jim Mora, RNZ Radio New Zealand

October 27, 2019
Healing the World with Words: Language Nerds Unite As Grammar Table Stops in Lexington

Lexington Herald Leader

October 18, 2019
'Word Nerd' Sets Up Grammar Table on Delmar; She's Not There to Criticize or Scold

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

October 17, 2019
Talking Words

Baker City Herald, Oregon

August 28, 2019
Ellen Jovin Brings Grammar Table to Sioux Falls

KSFY Television in South Dakota

August 18, 2019
Ellen Jovin Cleans Up Language at the Grammar Table in South Bend

South Bend Tribune

August 7, 2019
Grammar Guru Brings Language Answers to Detroit with Tiny Table

Detroit Free Press

August 2, 2019
Woman with Passion for Language Sets Up Grammar Table

WBFO, Buffalo Public Radio

July 28, 2019
From Her 'Grammar Table,' Sidewalk Expert Answers Language Questions

The Buffalo News

July 28, 2019
Rejoice, Grammar Geeks

Martha’s Vineyard Times

July 24, 2019
Ellen Jovin: On the Road with Grammar Table

Sunday Morning with Jim Mora, RNZ Radio New Zealand

July 14, 2019
Ellen Jovin: Taking Grammar to the Streets

Sunday Morning with Jim Mora, RNZ Radio New Zealand

June 30, 2019
The Grammarian Is In

Talk the Talk podcast

June 25, 2019
Use of Good Grammar Is Important

Cody Enterprise, Wyoming

June 17, 2019
Confused About Grammar? This Expert Wants to Talk

On the Road with Steve Hartman, CBS News

May 31, 2019
Dropped Hyphens, Split Infinitives, and Other Thrilling Developments from the 2019 American Copy Editors Society Conference

The New Yorker

April 2, 2019
New Yorkers Enjoy a Little Help with Grammar

Voice of America

January 14, 2019
In One of New York’s Busiest Subway Stations, You’ll Find This 'Grammar Guru'

KTNV Las Vegas

December 26, 2018
This Grammar Fanatic Wants to Start a Conversation about Language

Here & Now with Robin Young, WBUR Boston and NPR

December 12, 2018
When They Attack a Piano, &c.

National Review

November 27, 2018
Does Grammar Still Matter in the Age of Twitter?

The New York Times

November 27, 2018
The Week in Good News: Chess in Norway, the Grammar Table, Steven Pinker

The New York Times

November 22, 2018
'The Grammar Woman' Will Take Your Questions

Fox5 New York

November 22, 2018
'Grammar Zen' in Verdi Square

The Spirit, New York City

October 15, 2018
The Mystery of People Who Speak Dozens of Languages

The New Yorker

August 27, 2018
How to Send Stern Work Emails Without Burning Bridges

Vogue

January 17, 2018
10 Ways You're Sabotaging Your Career

Essence

May 1, 2017
Back to School: Travelers Need Lessons Too!

USA Today

September 4, 2016
Be Your Guest? How About I Just Pay and Leave?

The New York Times

March 27, 2015
10 Phrases That Need to Be Banned from the Office

Entrepreneur

April 8, 2014
Follow Your Passion; You Might Write Your Way into New Career

Las Vegas Review-Journal

March 24, 2014
Big Words Are Fading, But Many People Still Love Them

The Wall Street Journal

March 24, 2014
How We're Talking, Like, Today

NPR

January 23, 2014
Why Verbal Tee-Ups Like 'To Be Honest' Often Signal Insincerity

The Wall Street Journal

January 20, 2014
Theater Review: Allure of Online Browsing Leads Couple to Dalliances

The New York Times

April 9, 2012
13 Tongues, Three Years

The Wall Street Journal

October 13, 2010
Give and Go: Learning from Losing to the Harlem Globetrotters

New Theater Corps

February 23, 2010