Monday, July 27, 2009

More resources (These are especially excellent!)

I've just added to my list of helpful writing resources - again. I try to be very discriminating about what sites I post on this blog. I do this in an attempt to both offer the best of the best as far as writing resources and to try and make sure that my list of resources doesn't become so terribly long that it is tedious to search through. On that note, I've added two new resources because I think they are particularly excellent. First, I've added a link to Dartmouth University's Writing and Rhetoric page. What makes this site so exceptional is the Materials for Faculty section. Here, you will find resources to help you write effective assignments and syllabi. You will also find some suggestions about how to tackle some of the more common issues instructors face while teaching writing. The site was created especially for Dartmouth writing instructors, but the information is helpful to anyone teaching writing, whether it be in the setting of a composition classroom or as a refresher for students who are about to write a paper for a class in their field.

The other resource I've just posted, Common Errors in English Usage, is an extremely comprehensive and very easy to use tool. I really suggest you take a moment and check this one out. I know I will be bookmarking it on my personal computer. You simply type in, or click on, the issue you are wondering about and you are directed to a concise answer to your grammatical dilemma.

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ZOMBIE GRAMMAR - because I laugh in the face of semicolons

A Vague Death (about vague pronoun use)
Death by Fragment (about sentence fragments)
Too Much Death (about homonyms)
Nondescript Demise (about descriptive language)
Shifty Business (about verb tense agreement)
Double Death (about double negatives)
A Plural Passing (about subject-verb agreement)
A Fowl Run-on (about run-on sentences)
A Misplaced Mortality (about misplaced modifiers)
A Mixed-up Extermination (about prepositions)
Apostrophe Catastrophe (about correct use of apostrophes)

A Mixed-up Extermination

 
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