Grammar Bytes!
Grammar is something all writers should take serious. Yes, there are times when the rules can be broken, but first you have to know those rules quite well to be able to break them without looking like a fool.
How do you learn the rules? Hopefully you picked up the basics in school, but if you didn't or if you need a refresher, you probably should check out the website Grammar Bytes!
Grammar Bytes! is a fairly simple site, but it's packed with information and Exercises to help you learn. Also, the site is run by Robin L. Simmons, an English professor at Valencia College in Florida, so you can trust what you pick up here as solid.
What other information can be found at Grammar Bytes!? How about explanations of the many Terms used to construct the English language? For example, if you don't know what makes up a Noun, an Absolute Phrase, or a Dangling Modifier, this site will explain it all.
Remember those exercises I mentioned? If you tend toward the old-school side, you might want to work those exercises on one of the many Handouts available at Grammar Bytes! You might feel like you are back in school again, but that's okay because the handouts are ostensibly for students. Learn about comma splices and pronoun agreement!
There are even Power Point Presentations and an extensive list of Rules concerning English grammar.
If you are a beginner or a writer having trouble with the basics of grammar, then you need to bookmark Grammar Bytes!
I wish I'd known of this when I first started out. of course, it didn't exist then. I spent a lot of time with grammar guides.
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