Diction and Grammar

Grammar.ccc A grammar website you may use to supplement your understanding of American English Grammar. Some of what it says may disagree with the book you are using and some of it may disagree with me. For now, me first, book and mywritinglab.com second, grammar.ccc third. Use the drop-down menus to locate what you are interested in learning about. Oxford Learner Dictionary (Excellent) Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary A dictionary for ESL and English language learners that breaks ideas down to their most simple. It doesn't typically use overly complicated words to explain ideas. Hemingway Writing Editor Hemingway Editor is a free online app that you can copy and paste your text into. It will then give you some editing tips that you can manage yourself. Kind of like a detailed, know-it-all spell check, really. Khan Academy Free online learning of math, science, computer programming, history, art, economics, and much, MUCH more. This website is famous and built its way up from a base core of helping people understand math, so if you're having trouble with that, give Khan Academy a try! Great for learning a LOT of stuff. Duolingo Practice English using your own language as a base. Learn other languages as well. Library Online's Guide to Proper Punctuation Having issues with punctuation? Need to learn the rules? Check out this site. The Elements of Style by William Strunk One of the oldest, still relevant texts on English grammar, made relevant by the searchability of the internet. Need a handbook on the basics? W.W. Norton is a great company that works hard to put out scientifically and academically accurate texts. A Quick Guide to Verb Tenses English Verb Flowchart A Missing Oxford Comma Just Changed the Course of a Court Case _ Smart News _ Smithsonian Chicago Manual of Style 17th Edition This is a VERY comprehensive grammar resource (and a style guide that may be used in some other courses). For my purposes, I'd like you to use this as a grammar resource that explains every rule available. It may require you to buy it. The Chicago Manual of Style (abbreviated in writing as CMOS [the acronym used on its website], CMS, or sometimes as Chicago) is a style guide for American English published since 1906 by the University of Chicago Press. Its seventeen editions have prescribed writing and citation styles widely used in publishing. It is one of the most widely used and respected style guides in the United States. CMOS deals with most parts of writing, from American English grammar and use to document preparation. It is available in print as a hardcover book, and by paid subscription as a searchable website, which also provides SOME free resources, primarily aimed at teachers, students, and libraries. Free Resource: United States Government Printing Office Style Manual The United States Government has an official resource for its grammar that it makes free to the public, so you too can have a free listing of most of the rules of English grammar! Ignore the "general instructions" chapter (chapter 2), as it is for people who write for the US Government and their printing office. Lingua Press Full List of Grammar Rules As part of my ongoing attempt to find a full, free, searchable list of online grammar rules, here's a VERY complete list. http://autoenglish.org/