Grammar/Style

Here's where we keep all the things you were never taught but are expected to know anyway. The handouts on these menus are handy for reminders and practice in areas you know you have trouble with, or as a self-test to see if you really know what you think you know. In the Sentence Level section, there are also handouts on getting the most impact out of your sentences.

Commonly Confused Words:

Commonly Confused Words
"Good" and "Well"
"Lay" and "Lie"
"There," "They're," and "Their"
"To" and "Too"
"Your" and "You're"
Index/Glossary of Idiomatic Expressions

Punctuation:

Apostrophes
Comma Rules
Restrictive and Non-Restrictive Clauses
Semicolon and Colon Rules

Sentence-Level:

Run-on Sentences
Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
Coordination and Subordination
Faulty Modification
Parallelism
Parts of Speech and Verbals

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This page was last updated: October 16, 2001 3:30 PM