Semicolons are often poetically described as the punctuation equivalent of “I could’ve stopped here, but I decided not to.” They basically work in two ways: First, they link related sentences and let you skip using conjunctions like “and” or “but.” So you could sa...
This page is a quick and dirty "cheat sheet" that explains many common grammar, syntax, and usage errors, and offers the correct way to write. I'll probably continue adding to this page over time, but for now, these are the errors I see most often and find most annoying. Why is thi...
All your grammar, punctuation, and word usage problems solved with topics arranged alphabetically for easy use. Ages 10 thru adult. Learn More Learn More
French Grammar For Dummies is a logical extension and complement to the successful language learning book, French For Dummies. In plain English, it teaches you the grammatical rules of the French language, including parts of speech, sentence construction, pronouns, adjectives, punctuation, stress and...
I teach college. Some courses have traditional college age students and some non-traditional. Well some of my students are good writers, many have atrocious grammatical and punctuation errors. Including the teachers who are coming back for masters degree! The good news is I tend to see the sam...
Punctuation is an important part of language because it indicates starts, stops, pauses, and relationships. Capitalize the first letter of every sentence, and the first letter of all proper nouns (the names of people and places). The main punctuation marks in English—and their basic uses—are...