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Book-Specific Resources / Links / Sentences: Grammatical Choices ASK A LINGUIST http://linguistlist.org/~ask-ling/default.asp Not sure whether to use who or whom? Try this site, where a panel of linguists will answer questions about language. EDITING AND PROOFREADING STRATEGIES FOR SENTENCE-LEVEL ERRORS http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/editing.html Tips on how to proofread for comma splices, fragments, and other common errors. GEORGE ORWELL'S "POLITICS AND THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE" http://www.k-1.com/Orwell/site/work/essays/language.html Read this classic essay for Orwell's advice on adjectives to see if Orwell follows his own advice. GRAMMAR AND STYLE NOTES http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing Provides explanations of conventions of grammar, style, punctuation, and usage, broken into a file for each letter of the alphabet. (For example: click on "a" for information on adjectives and adverbs.) GRAMMAR AND WRITING http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ Instruction and interactive quizzes on numerous sentence-level grammar topics from Capital Community Technical College. CONSISTENCY OF TENSE AND PRONOUN REFERENCE http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/consistency.htm A short page offering examples of shifts in verb tense and "things we have to remember about pronoun reference," along with links to quizzes and other grammar resources. HOW TO MAKE SENTENCES CLEAR AND CONCISE http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/concise.html This reference sheet, from Richard Lanhams's Revising Prose, will help you identify and edit weak verbs. HUNTER COLLEGE WRITING CENTER http://rwc.hunter.cuny.edu/writing/on-line/sva.html A downloadable exercise offering three ways to practice subject-verb agreement. THE KING'S ENGLISH http://www.bartleby.com/116 The 1908 version of H.W. Fowler's classic work. THE LINGUA CENTER http://deil.lang.uiuc.edu/web.pages/grammarsafari.html Helps you get beyond the "safe confines of grammar books" to explore English on the Web. Want to hunt for adjective clauses in Little Women? The Grammar Safari will show you how. SHAKESPEAREAN INSULTS http://www.duke.edu/~pms5/humor/shakinsult.html Let thyself go: here you will find many inventive adjectives in a list of insults that sound Shakespearean. WOMEN WHO DARED TO DISTURB THE LEXICON http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/old-WLLA/fall94/h2-isele.html An interview with two women who were among the first to question the generic use of word he. WORDNET http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~wn An online reference database of English nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs that allows you to see words in many forms and to search for synonyms and antonyms (and much more). THE WRITER'S COMPLEX http://www.esc.edu/writer From Empire State College, this online writer's workshop offers good explanations and exercises. Click on "Grammar Workout" for advice on structuring sentences. This selection of links is based on the work of Nick Carbone, a well-known scholar of online discourse. |
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