GRAMMAR, SENTENCE STRUCTURE

Also, see Composition  (You will be taken to another web page.)

Wm. Strunk's Elements of Style - Brief Classic Guide
http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html
Rules of usage, elementary principles of composition, commonly misspelled words, commonly misused used words and expressions, and writing form.

Instructional Guides & Grammar Exercises - Writing - Owl Writing Lab
Exercises plus Examples, enagement and some exercises

Basic Sentence Grammar - Building Sentences, Combining Sentences, Punctuation - About.com, Richard Nordquist
http://grammar.about.com/od/basicsentencegrammar/u/grammarlabel.htm

Grammar and Punctuation - Washington State Online Writing Lab
http://owl.waol.org/grammar.html

Punctuation Overview - Washington OWL
http://owl.waol.org/handouts/punctuation.pdf

Guide to Grammar and Writing - Capital Community College; Hartford, Connecticut
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
Find guidance for writing at the sentence level and for writing paragraphs.   Web page also has a link to some grammar quizzes.
Grammar index

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Common English Errors
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/editing.html

Words and Homonyms Most Commonly Misused and Other Spelling Errors - Garbl's Guide to Usage
http://garbl.home.comcast.net/stylemanual/

Grammar and Punctuation Rules - Brief and Free Grammarbook.Com Version of Book
http://www.grammarbook.com/english_rules.asp

Grammar Myths, The Living Dead - Let Bygone Rules Be Gone
http://www.grammarphobia.com/grammar.html

Yahoo Grammar, Usage and Style - Additional Excellent Resources and Tips
http://dir.yahoo.com/Social_Science/Linguistics_and_Human_Languages/Languages/Specific_Languages/English/Grammar__Usage__and_Style/

Gender neutral writing, with examples -- Avoid sexist language
http://jerz.setonhill.edu/writing/style/gender.html
http://www.kentlaw.edu/academics/lrw/grinker/LwtaGender_Neutral_Language.htm
 

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