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Grammar & Style
Let's say you're writing or editing. If you're not, why are you reading this? It's a summation of handy resources about styles and grammar goofs. I've mined some of these sites for individual post topics, as Constant Readers will notice.
If you just like learning about grammar (who doesn't?) cruise the Archives of the Grammarcheck newsletters at FreeLists / grammarcheck. It is sad they didn't continue, but the Grammar Girl probably has something similar, and an RSS feed no doubt. The Online Universities Blog offers Fun and Informative Blog Posts Every Grammar Geek Should Bookmark
The next three spots highlight good writing practices. Good editing includes being alert for such violations as those found in Forbidden Words, Misused Words and Missed Spellings. That last is an article on tips to avoid spelling and word errors. Read the whole page for more useful links and a new classic poem Owed to Spelchek by Jamy Schuler.
Moving on to style matters, the eternally sticky wicket among writers and editors. Which one to follow? It depends on what you are writing and who is publishing it. One of my fave starting points is Diana Hacker's site because she keeps me straight on which style applies to which discipline (MLA for literature, e.g.). She provides a descriptions of the major manuals or style guides with some links to them or sites about them.
A specific search at Yahoo! yielded such an interesting list of style guides, that I've saved it for reference. Just in case that link goes wonky, here's the whole URL:
http://dir.yahoo.com/Social_Science/Linguistics_and_Human_Languages/Languages/Specific_Languages/English/Grammar__Usage__and_Style/Style_Guides/
Find an even more comprehensive listing at A Research Guide for Students. Hey! We never stop learning, so we are all always students. Scroll down that page and visit some of the links to other helpful sites.
Finally for a little comic relief: Everything You Know About English is Wrong blog (and book by the same name). See labels in the sidebar for entries about particular problems. Enjoy!
If you just like learning about grammar (who doesn't?) cruise the Archives of the Grammarcheck newsletters at FreeLists / grammarcheck. It is sad they didn't continue, but the Grammar Girl probably has something similar, and an RSS feed no doubt. The Online Universities Blog offers Fun and Informative Blog Posts Every Grammar Geek Should Bookmark
The next three spots highlight good writing practices. Good editing includes being alert for such violations as those found in Forbidden Words, Misused Words and Missed Spellings. That last is an article on tips to avoid spelling and word errors. Read the whole page for more useful links and a new classic poem Owed to Spelchek by Jamy Schuler.
Moving on to style matters, the eternally sticky wicket among writers and editors. Which one to follow? It depends on what you are writing and who is publishing it. One of my fave starting points is Diana Hacker's site because she keeps me straight on which style applies to which discipline (MLA for literature, e.g.). She provides a descriptions of the major manuals or style guides with some links to them or sites about them.
A specific search at Yahoo! yielded such an interesting list of style guides, that I've saved it for reference. Just in case that link goes wonky, here's the whole URL:
http://dir.yahoo.com/Social_Science/Linguistics_and_Human_Languages/Languages/Specific_Languages/English/Grammar__Usage__and_Style/Style_Guides/
Find an even more comprehensive listing at A Research Guide for Students. Hey! We never stop learning, so we are all always students. Scroll down that page and visit some of the links to other helpful sites.
Finally for a little comic relief: Everything You Know About English is Wrong blog (and book by the same name). See labels in the sidebar for entries about particular problems. Enjoy!
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Thank you for this wonderful post Geo! As a lover of words, it's right up my alley. (I can't even begin to tell you how much I wanted to say 'write up me ally'.) :) Love that poem by Jamy Schuler.
And thanks for your encouragement of my new endeavor. I need all I can get!
As always, a great post! Thank you for this.
Now, don't know if you saw in Twitter but I've gifted you with an award.
I know, I know. But it'll be fun and you really do deserve.
It's on my blog (http://www.marisabirns.com)
But I'll make it easy for you. http://bit.ly/9W1eRO
Awwwww! Thanks, Marisa. I hope it doesn't come with strings, because I'm all strung out lately.
Must have missed the tweet, though I had a couple of weird ones I couldn't understand, only to find they were hackers' handicrafts.
I'm so glad that this big reveal of what's behind the wizard's curtain is not disappointing.
Deana: Thanks for taking the time to visit here and leave a comment. I can only imagine how busy you are, committing to write a novel, out loud, in front of the whole world!
I hope you'll be able to keep us posted on your progress as it unfolds.
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