Grammar
Does it drive you nuts?
Here is a little help.
Do not be surprised when those who ignore the rules of grammar also ignore the law. After all, the law is just so much grammar.
~ Robert Brault
Martha Jeffers, our "Grammar Granny," presented a Grammar Minute at our June 2010 meeting on "in," "into," and "in to".
See the PDF handout here.
Again, and Obviously, As Well, an article from the Island Sand Paper by Chuck Highfield
A list of Unnecessary Words, Redundancies, and general writing tips [pdf] from Becky Elam.
(Becky doesn't remember where the list originated, so we can't give the proper credit.)
Links |
Inclusion |
|---|---|
| http://www.mipmip.org/tidbits/pronunciation.shtml | The strange world of English pronunciation and spelling in a poem, The Chaos by G. Nolst Trenite (1870-1946) |
| http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ | Writing Concise Sentences. "A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts." ~WiliamStrunkJr. |
| http://www.nationalpunctuationday.com/ | National Punctuation Day is Friday, September 24 |
| http://www.5minuteenglish.com/resources/using-punctuation.html | Using Punctuation from 5 Minute English. Also some good links for punctuation at the bottom of the page. |
| http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ | Index (it’s great), word & sentence level, paragraph level, essay & research paper level, ask grammar, quizzes, search devices, and more. |
| https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/1/5/ | These Perdue OWL resources will help you use correct grammar in your writing. |
| http://www.grammarbook.com/default.asp | FREE Online English Usage Rules |
| http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/ | University of Ottawa's HyperGrammar |
| http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/catalogue.html | Business writing, development, logical fallacies, online sources, organization and cohesion, process of writing, punctuation, sentence structure, style, types of writing, and more. |
| www.grammarbook.com | Punctuation rules, capitalization rules, commonly confused words, and rules for writing numbers. |
| http://englishplus.com/grammar/contents.htm | Grammar A to Z is in here. |
| http://www.rasmussen.edu/articles/grammar-and-punctuation-guide.asp | It looks like a very nice resource on grammar. It briefly explains the different parts of grammar/punctuation and includes links that further explain when and where to use each. |