Understanding Grammar and Writing Correct Sentences
When you need more information on Understanding Grammar and
Writing Correct Sentences:
- Parts of speech
- Common grammatical errors
For additional help beyond our companion site access:
The
Digital Education Network
This site provides a series of excellent interactive tests and
answers common questions about proper usage.
Guide
to Grammar and Writing
This site, offered by Capital Community College, provides
definitions, examples, and quizzes on sentence parts, fragments,
and modifier placement, among other grammar topics.
Using
Specific, Concrete Details
This site provides a helpful chart with examples of various ways
to make your writing more concrete and specific.
Choosing
Concrete Specific Words
This site uses examples from noted contemporary writers to show
the difference made by using concrete, specific nouns and
adjectives.
Sequence
of Verb Tenses
This site provides an explanation of tenses as well as a table to
help you choose the correct verb tense.
Verbs
- Voice and Mood
This site offers a discussion of the active and passive voice.
Irregular
Verbs
This site contains a chart of common irregular verb forms with
examples of several confusing verb pairs.
Guide
to Grammar and Writing
This site gives detailed information on pronouns and
pronoun/antecedent agreement, including two quizzes and a useful
table.
Pronoun/Antecedent
Agreement
This is a gopher site with clear, concise information on
pronoun/antecedent agreement including examples.
Using
Pronouns Clearly
This site presents important rules to remember when using
pronouns.
Guide
to Grammar and Writing
This site offers a basic review of subject-verb agreement with a
quiz.
Agreement
This site offers a discussion of subject-verb agreement with
multiple examples.
Making
Subjects Verbs Agree
An explanation of subject/verb agreement with examples.
Guide
to Grammar and Writing
This site contains definitions and explanations of articles,
determiners, and quantifiers along with numerous examples,
quizzes, and a drop down menu for matching articles and
determiners with the appropriate words.
Comparative
Adjectives
This is a gopher site with information on comparative adjectives.
Uses
of Adjectives
This is a gopher site with general information on using
adjectives.
Sentences
That Are Too Long or Too Loose
This site offers a short guide to fixing sentences that are too
verbose.
Some
Strategies for Improving Sentence Clarity
This site offers some good hints to help you focus the meaning of
your sentences.
Conciseness:
Methods of Eliminating Wordiness
This site offers tips on not wasting words.
Painting
with Punctuation
This site offers an exploration of using punctuation to
"color" your sentences.
The
UVic Writer's Guide:The Comma Splice
This site has a definition of the comma splice and suggestions for
correcting splices in your writing.
Run-Ons
- Comma Splices - Fused Sentences
This site concisely explains how to identify and correct run-ons,
comma splices, and fused sentences.
Modifiers
& Commas
This site offers a discussion of misplaced and dangling modifiers.
Guide
to Grammar and Writing
This site discusses modifiers in more detail and then moves to a
discusssion of sentence types.
Dangling
and Misplaced Modifiers
This site includes a table showing examples of dangling and
misplaced modifiers with suggested revisions and explanations of
why the revisions are necessary.
Guide
to Grammar and Writing
This site offers a guide to using parallel structures and avoiding
awkward shifts in sentence constructions. It includes quizzes.
Misfits
and Bad Equations
This site offers a detailed discussion of mixed constructions and
suggestions to correct them.
Consistency
of Tense and Pronoun Reference
This site offers a discussion of shifts in tense and pronoun
reference and suggestions to correct them. It includes quizzes and
a link to a helpful chart on sequence of tenses.
Verb
Tense Consistency
This site contains a detailed discussion of consistency in verb
tense, including exercises with answer keys.
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