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Punctuation and Grammar

Marla Sharp Shares Some Good Links!

Sometime back in 2008, Marla Sharp put together this interesting list of grammar-related links. Alas, I neglected to save them at the time they were posted, and then CSR Nation was hijacked, and I forgot about it.

Fortunately, Kelli Combs managed to restore this message, along with the rest of CSR Nation.

Put these to good use!

Update (30MAY12)

Marla says "If you're on Twitter, follow me @Ebriefs."

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Stop! Grammar Time!

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Update (07OCT19)

Apparently the nice folks at a couple of the sites cited decided to completely rearrange their website to the point where none of the links I had here before worked!

Fixed that.

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Punctuation and Grammar

Since punctuation and grammar are a big part of most of our professional lives, I thought it would be great to have a section where we share our favorite reference sites on the Internet. Here are some of my favorites:

PARTS OF SPEECH:

https://web.archive.org/web/20160730203806/https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/730/1

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/definitions.htm

PARTICIPLES:

https://web.archive.org/web/20160812023538/https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/627/02

http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/participle.htm

GERUNDS:

https://web.archive.org/web/20161002045140/https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/627/1

INFINITIVES:

https://web.archive.org/web/20170201134422/https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/627/03

CAPITALIZATION:

https://web.archive.org/web/20161002034019/https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/592/01

http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/capital.asp

COMMAS IN GENERAL:

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/commas.htm

(#4 explains when to use a comma before "because.")

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_comma.html

COMPREHENSIVE COMMA LIST:

http://www.towson.edu/ows/comma.htm

COMMAS WITH CLAUSES AND PHRASES:

https://web.archive.org/web/20090227223302/http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_comma.html

COMMAS WITH CONJUNCTIONS:

http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/grammar_subordinate.html

COMMAS WITH INTRODUCTORY ADVERBS:

http://grammartips.homestead.com/adverbs2.html

COMMAS WITH RESTRICTIVE/NONRESTRICTIVE PHRASES:

http://web.archive.org/web/20080309081226/http://www.writingcenter.emory.edu/restrictive.html

COMMA VS SEMICOLON:

https://web.archive.org/web/20090414042402/http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_commacomp.html

COMMAS WITH GERUNDS, PARTICIPLES, AND INFINITIVES (oh my!):

https://web.archive.org/web/20090813205042/http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/627/01

MORE COMMAS WITH INFINITIVES:

http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/infinitivephrase.htm

COMMAS AFTER "YES" and "NO":

https://web.archive.org/web/20120304102935/https://www.margieholdscourt.com/pdf/Sample_from_text_YES_and_NO.pdf

(Refer to the 2nd and 3rd rules on the second page.)

HYPHENS:

http://oxforddictionaries.com/words/hyphen

COMPOUND WORDS ("One Word, Two Words, Hyphenated"):

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/compounds.htm

https://web.archive.org/web/20120701202115/http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/CMS_FAQ/HyphensEnDashesEmDashes/HyphensEnDashesEmDashes_questions01.html

http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000127.htm

http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/hyphens.asp

https://web.archive.org/web/20150619111859/https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/576/1

NUMBERS:

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedit/handbook/numberdate.html

http://www.grammarbook.com/numbers/numbers.asp

QUOTATION MARKS:

https://web.archive.org/web/20090316045740/http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_quote.html

And here is a nifty site that offers free video punctuation and grammar lessons:

http://www.grammarbook.com/videos.asp

That site also offers a free weekly e-newsletter that's interesting.

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