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Grammar Guide

  • Grammar and Style Notes
    Jack Lynch, Rutgers University
    This site is organized alphabetically and is a great guide to a variety of different grammar issues.  If you know what you're looking for, it's very useful.
  • Grammar Resources on the Web
    University of Chicago Writing Program
    Organized site that provides annotated links from grammar quick guides to links to grammar books and essays, that can answer any query.
  • Guide to Grammar and Writing
    Capital Community College
    Award winning site with a hyperlinked index for finding detailed grammar topics such as clauses, run-ons, articles and determiners, compound nouns and modifiers, and much more, such as 170 interactive quizzes.
  • OWL:  Handouts:  Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling
    Purdue University
    Excellent site with printer friendly handouts of all the sections available.  Includes sections on adjectives and adverbs, hyphens, suffixes, sound-alike words, etc.
  • Writer's Web
    University of Richmond
    A public access handbook that provides answers to questions on punctuation, such as apostrophes, contractions, etc., and sentence structure and mechanism, such as agreement between nouns and pronouns, subjects and verbs, using articles, etc.
  • The Writing Center
    Arizona State University
    Site contains great handouts about punctuation, such as quotation marks, semicolons, commas, etc., and sentence structure, such as the passive voice, transitions, etc.
  • The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
    grammarbook.com
    Learn proper punctuation and avoid common grammar mistakes by reading examples and by taking grammar/punctuation tests.
  • Grammar Bytes:  An Interactive Grammar Review
    chompchomp.com
    Provides exercises, detailed explanations of grammar terms, and grammar rules, such as fixing comma splices, using irregular verbs, etc.
  • The Grammar Doctor
    grammardoctor.com
    "A place to receive grammar, usage, and other tips if your writing needs major surgery or just a bandage."
  • UW Grammar Page
    Mary Nell, Washington University
    Very useful site that meticulously explains verbs (gerunds and infinitives), conditional tense, prepositions, etc.
  • Grambo
    University of Oregon
    Take a mock test (funny and only 10 questions) and improve your grammatical skills.

Updated October 4, 2007