Usage & Grammar  

Grammar Quotient Challenge Quiz
The Guide to Grammar and Writing and Capital Community College produced in conjunction with Northeast Magazine, February 2004.

Try this quiz.
It is a humbling experience for most of us ─ especially those who think that they have mastered grammar
and usage.

 


Got Questions on Usage or Grammar?
Professor Darling and cohorts will answer your questions.
This page links you to FAQs and his grammar logs so you can check to see if your question has been answered.

Grammar, Punctuation, and Capitalization: A Handbook for Technical Writers and Editors
by Mary K. McCaskill.
This online book has excellent content on grammar, punctuation, and best of all, it has great content on sentence structure. The parts that explain about wordiness, conciseness, emphasis, and making verbs vigorous are great and very useful. The book is set up to be very quick and easy to use as well.


Guide to Grammar and Style
by Jack Lynch.
Professor Lynch explains grammar, writing, usage of easily confused words. Well organized alphabetically with a contents page. Good for a quick look at your topic.

Resources

Usage & Grammar

Subject-Verb Agreement

Pronoun References

Apostrophes

Commas

Colons & Semi-Colons

Spelling

Common Words that Sound Alike

Capitalization