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Greatshield17
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20 Jan 2018, 3:13 pm

I struggle a bit with grammar, specifically with using punctuation, I often use too much or not enough, and not in the right places.

Can anyone provide me with tips and resources on how to improve my grammar?


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20 Jan 2018, 7:12 pm

Read books on English grammar. And practice.

Think in your mind about when a sentence begins and ends.



Esmerelda Weatherwax
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20 Jan 2018, 7:17 pm

Here you go :-) - this is a bit "meta"; one link to a blog that references nine other blogs! All on grammar!

Grammar Girl and Grammar Cop are both very useful.

https://www.thebookdesigner.com/2009/11 ... mar-blogs/

(edit in: one blog to rule them all, one blog to find them, one blog to bring them all where other folks can mind them! With apologies to J. R. R. Tolkien)


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Greatshield17
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21 Jan 2018, 10:32 pm

Esmerelda Weatherwax wrote:
Here you go :-) - this is a bit "meta"; one link to a blog that references nine other blogs! All on grammar!

Grammar Girl and Grammar Cop are both very useful.

https://www.thebookdesigner.com/2009/11 ... mar-blogs/

(edit in: one blog to rule them all, one blog to find them, one blog to bring them all where other folks can mind them! With apologies to J. R. R. Tolkien)

Thanks! I'll be reading through this, and checking these blogs out in the next couple of weeks.


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