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How Does Good Grammar Lead to a Better Life?
Can you picture James Bond sitting suavely next to a stunning brunette and saying, "You sure is pretty. Why are you here for?" What about Oprah delivering this message to her audience: "There ain't no better physician like Dr. Phil, I guarantee!"
I think not. For the most part, successful, well-respected people have good grammar. If you want to be taken seriously in most endeavors, you'd better consider learning the rules of accurate communication.
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Grammar books and movies
Here are some of my favorite books and movies about grammar and writing. Yes, Virginia, watching a movie can make you a better writer. Grammar-o-ramma
So many answers, so little time
I've tried to help you find what you're looking for by categorizing the following links into four general areas, in order:
Searchable means you can look through an index of some sort to find an answer to a specific question.
Continuing Ed means the site is more geared towards continual learning and improving skills, rather than fast Q&A.
Services means that the site offers something like email newsletters, personalized teaching, or something else dynamic.
Finally, Importance of Grammar sites will provide some demonstration of why all this information is important to know and wield well.
Searchable means you can look through an index of some sort to find an answer to a specific question.
Continuing Ed means the site is more geared towards continual learning and improving skills, rather than fast Q&A.
Services means that the site offers something like email newsletters, personalized teaching, or something else dynamic.
Finally, Importance of Grammar sites will provide some demonstration of why all this information is important to know and wield well.
- Searchable: My grammar blog
- Submit your grammar questions to my personal blog and receive an answer within 24 hours or less. In this blog, I also address common grammar mistakes, provide grammar-related book reviews, and generally pontificate on grammar. It's more engaging than it sounds. :)
- Searchable: Indexed grammatical issues
- I love easy-to-search lists of grammar topics. This list is easy to browse and contains quick, to-the-point answers.
- Searchable: Grammar and Usage for the Non-Expert
- Targeted, nontechnical articles on problems of grammar and usage that even good writers sometimes have trouble with.
- Searchable/Continuing Ed: The Online Writing Project
- Provides and organizes writing guides and grammar handouts created by writing centers and English Departments at American universities.
- Continuing Ed/Searchable: Common Errors in Grammar
- An examination of common errors that are becoming generally accepted as correct. A mini-course in English usage.
- Continuing Ed: Grammarphobia.com
- Grammar myths and email composition tips, brought to you by Patricia T. O'Conner, author of "Woe Is I," and the writer Stewart Kellerman.
- Continuing Ed: Sentence Diagrams
- Diagrams of moderately long and complex sentences are accompanied by explanations for both beginners and experienced diagrammers.
- Continuing Ed: Online Writing Resources
- Interactive lessons in grammar, mechanics and punctuation using PowerPoint, Word, and HTML.
- Continuing Ed: Grammar Bytes! Interactive Grammar Review
- User-friendly and colorful graphics combined with grammar explanations, handouts for teachers and students, and interactive exercises.
- Continuing Ed: Punctuation Made Simple
- Discussion of several of the most useful punctuation marks: the colon, semicolon, comma, dash, and apostrophe.
- Continuing Ed: Grammar resource from Purdue
- Handouts and exercises on grammar, spelling, and punctuation. They also have PowerPoint presentations related to grammar, and an entire section of handouts and resources for English as a Second Language learners.
- Services: Write with Meaning
- Write with Meaning is my business writing coaching service. Rather than write or edit your copy for you, I'll coach you on how to become a better writer and editor. My business is built on the premise that I would rather teach a person to fish than catch a fish for the person.
- Services: Daily Grammar Emails
- Improve your writing with free daily e-mail grammar lessons.
- Importance of Grammar: The English Language
- A site with thoughts on why using sound English is important and on just what "sound English" is.
- Importance of Grammar: Thoughts from Tomato Nation
- Essay about incorrect grammar usage, with examples of common errors and advice as to how to avoid them.
- Importance of Grammar: Washingtonpost.com: A Dash of Comma Sense
- Columnist gives examples why correct punctuation is important.
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by sapphire
Why do I know so much about grammar? Well, my mom was a teacher for a while and consistently would correct my speech whenever I spoke ungrammati...
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