101. Lynch, Guide To Grammar And Style — P This is an example of the first (notice the punctuation goes outside, The grammar books you re used to are what linguists call prescriptive that is, http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/p.html

Home Contents a b ... w From the Guide to Grammar and Style by Jack Lynch Comments are welcome. Paragraphs. There's no hard-and-fast rule for the length of a paragraph: it can be as short as a sentence or as long as it has to be. Just remember that each paragraph should contain only one developed idea. A paragraph often begins with a topic sentence which sets the tone of the paragraph; the rest amplifies, clarifies, or explores the topic sentence. When you change topics, start a new paragraph. Be sure your paragraphs are organized to help your argument along. Each paragraph should build on what came before, and should lay the ground for whatever comes next. Mastering transitions can make a very big difference in your writing. A matter of mechanics and house style : it's customary (at least in America) to indicate new paragraphs in most prose by indenting the first line (three to five spaces), with no skipped lines between paragraphs. Business memos and press releases tend to skip a line and not indent. (As you can see from this guide, most Web browsers use the skip-a-line-and-don't-indent style.) In papers for English classes, don't-skip-but-indent is preferable. [Entry revised 14 July 2000] Parameter.

102. Lynch, Guide To Grammar And Style I know, too, that many things offered as good grammar or style have little Some of the entries are specific — several pages on punctuation — while http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/

Guide to Grammar and Style By Jack Lynch Last revised 12 July 2005 Note: I've been working on a new guide that might help some readers of this one, called " Getting an A on an English Paper ." It's far from finished, but it may still be useful. Jump directly to: Contents a b c ... Links I've also been experimenting with a new search engine . It's very rudimentary, but may be useful. Introduction These notes are a miscellany of grammatical rules and explanations, comments on style , and suggestions on usage I put together for my classes. Nothing here is carved in stone, and many comments are matters of personal preference . Anyone who can resist turning my own preferences into dogma is welcome to use this HTML edition. Feedback is always welcome. I should be clear up front: I'm not a linguist, nor a scholar of the history of the language. (If you're curious about who I am, you can look at my CV and decide whether I'm worth listening to.) Linguists are wary of " prescriptive Why, then, have I spent so much time on a prescriptive and fairly traditional usage guide? Because these notes may be useful in making your writing clearer and more effective . I'm not out to make definitive statements about what's right and what's wrong , and Lord knows I wouldn't be qualified even if I tried. I can, however, make suggestions on things that are likely to

103. Academic Center: Grammar And Punctuation Handouts Welcome to the grammar and punctuation Information Resource Center. This center will provide you with informational handouts and guidelines for identifying http://www.uhv.edu/ac/grammar/main.html

Welcome to the Grammar and Punctuation Information Resource Center. This center will provide you with informational handouts and guidelines for identifying and resolving grammar, punctuation, and mechanics issues. It also provides several layers of self-check exercises so that you can evaluate your own progress. The list below provides a short description of each handout; you can view a list without descriptions here Grammar Active and Passive Sentences : Are you plagued by comments on your papers about overusing the passive voice? Do you want to stop seeing that comment? This handout defines what the passive and active voices are and provides you with guidelines about when it is appropriate or desirable to use each. Comma Splices and Fused Sentences : This handout provides you with easy-to-understand definitions of the comma splice and the fused sentence. It also gives you advice on, explanations about, and examples of the easiest ways to correct these problems in your own writing. Dangling Modifiers Eliminating Fragments : This handout illustrates the most common causes of unintentional fragments in written communication. It also provides you with advice about how to spot them in your papers and how to fix them easily.

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106. UGA WIP Writing Myth #6 help you see that sentencelevel features such as punctuation, grammar, an advantage when they begin to see that punctuation, grammar, and usage, http://www.english.uga.edu/~wip/writingmyth6.html

Writing Myth #6 6. Actually, writing intensive courses focus on developing and organizing ideas in the disciplines, rather than on how to use commas. Many students think that writing is mainly about using punctuation, grammar, and words in general "correctly." However, beyond a few simple guidelines that structure SAWE (Standard American Written English) and allow us to make sense of each other's work, even comma use is a disciplinary matter: journalists do not use a comma when they write "apples, oranges, and bananas"; thinkers in Classics do. Some fields use a lot of commas to make long, complex sentences easier to read; some fields use shorter, simpler sentences that need little punctuation beyond a period. Point 1: Writing intensive courses help you see that sentence-level features such as punctuation, grammar, and usage grow out of "the development and presentation of ideas" in a specific discipline for a specific purpose and audience at a given point in time (Edward White, "Teaching and Responding to Style, Grammar, and Punctuation" 76). Point 2: WIP students gain an advantage when they begin to see that punctuation, grammar, and usage, as well as changing words around in a paper, are latter-stage revisions. They should only be addressed after you have developed the main point of a message and a useful way of organizing it. In some informal writing activities or unless they signal misunderstanding of a key concept, they should not be addressed at all.

107. TSA Transportation Security Administration Written Communication Have a colleague proofread your writing for grammar, punctuation, spelling, and sentence structure errors. Take note of the errors made most often and learn http://www.tsa.gov/public/interapp/editorial/editorial_1346.xml

Home FAQs Sitemap Contact Us ... Briefing Room Site Search Employment Employment Information Civil Rights For Employees Employment Printable Version For Employees Written Communication General Definition: Expresses facts and ideas in writing in a succinct and organized manner. How Written Communication applies to: AFSD for Screening Adjusts communication style and language to most effectively connect with different/diverse audiences and individuals Checks back with the audience to ensure that important messages have been understood Communicates information concisely and clearly Communicates openly and candidly with others Exhibits awareness of the impact of own words, actions or decisions on others Explains complex concepts (e.g., schedules, policies, and procedures) clearly and at an appropriate level of detail Executive Deputy Federal Security Director Expresses facts and ideas in writing in a clear, convincing, unemotional and organized manner that is appropriate to the audience and occasion Executive Federal Security Director Expresses facts and ideas in writing in a clear, convincing, unemotional and organized manner that is appropriate to the audience and occasion

108. Communicating Effectively: A Desktop Guide To Punctuation, Grammar, Format, And Web site of the nation s oldest subsidy publisher. Highlights include free information for new authors looking to publish in traditional format and in http://www.dorrancebookstore.com/dorrance/comefdesguid.html

Whether you need help with comma placement, subject/verb agreement, letter format, or choosing the best word, this desktop guide by Marc R. Summerfield can assist. Rather than pore over book after oversized book to find the help you need when writing your letter, memo, or report, keep the guide on your desk or near your computer. Well organized, practical, and clearly indexed, Communicating Effectively: A Desktop Guide to Punctuation, Grammar, Format, and Style will make it easier to write and edit your document. Even helpful e-mail hints are provided. Summerfield provides understandable and practical answers to common writing questions. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Marc R. Summerfield is a pharmacist at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland. He is married to Anna Summerfield, and they have three children. Marc Summerfield. 2001. Paperback, 104 pp. ISBN 0-8059-5632-8

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111. Grammar, Writing, Punctuation--Free GrammarCheck Newsletter grammarCheck, a free email newsletter about grammar, writing, and punctuation, helps you to improve your grammar and writing skills. http://www.grammarcheck.com/

Home Subscribe Unsubscribe Submit Question ... Search A free e-mail newsletter that helps you improve your writing and grammar skills! grammar - punctuation - spelling - sentence structure commas - business writing - writing tips - paragraphs - and more Improve your writing and grammar skills with GrammarCheck, delivered once every month to your business or personal e-mail address. GrammarCheck With GrammarCheck Subscribe now and impress your boss with your new writing and grammar skills. It's free! Receive the next issue of GrammarCheck automatically in your e-mail inbox. It's free! Your E-mail Address: Your e-mail address will NEVER be sold. GrammarCheck is published once a month. Who Developed GrammarCheck GrammarCheck is a free e-mail newsletter created and published by Ph.D.-degreed writing professors who teach college-level writing courses to thousands of students and conduct business writing workshops for industrial training. Delivered Once a Month to Your E-mail Address Learn New Writing and Grammar Skills Each issue of GrammarCheck includes at least one new tip or lesson designed to strengthen your writing and grammar skills. Learn how you can make your writing more professional than ever before. Learn how to use commas and other punctuation marks correctly. Learn how to proofread your own writing for complete accuracy.

112. Assessment Excellent presentation and no errors in spelling, punctuation, grammar and sentence structure. Few errors in spelling, punctuation, grammar and sentence http://www.hss.bond.edu.au/intr71-100/assessment/matrix for essay grades.htm

ASSESSMENT Matrix for grading of Essays High Distinction Distinction Credit Pass Fail Clarity of introduction Response stated explicitly and coherently. Support evidence and structure clearly outlines, clearly related to broader context Response well stated and refined. Effort to explain and place in broader context Response clearly stated. Foreshadows argument to justify response Some logical order of information. Response addresses question of statement Fails to state response. Questions not clearly presented with no organisation of opinions Selection of appropriate content Content is tightly focused on question and is linked together well to support overall thesis. Advanced understanding of key concepts and terms

113. CanTeach: Songs & Poems - Writing, Grammar, And More Writing, grammar, and More punctuation Marks. The period is a busy man. A small round traffic cop. He blocks the helterskelter words http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems31.html

Resources Links Discuss Submit ... Elementary Resources Writing, Grammar, and More Good Handwriting If you are wise You will organize You handwriting always To be the right size. The shape is important Round and neat Using your hands Not your feet. Keep the right pace You're not in a race Or your poor little word Will fall on its face. Be careful of your spacing Because like racing, If you don't heed it You won't be able To read it! Parts of a Sentence A sentence, sentence, sentence Is complete, complete, complete When 5 simple rules it meets, meets, meets. It has a subject, subject, And a verb, verb, verb. It makes sense, sense, sense With every word, word, word. Add a capital letter and end mark, mark, Now our sentence has all its parts. Punctuation Marks The period is a busy man. A small round traffic cop. He blocks the helter-skelter words And brings them to a stop. The question mark's a tiny girl, She's small but very wise; She asks too many questions For a person of her size. Of all the punctuation folk, I like the comma best.

114. Syllabus For Phil 105 Response paper due (4001200 words; consult my online A Supplement to Strunk and White for advice about punctuation, grammar and formatting) Good and Bad http://faculty.vassar.edu/brvannor/Phil105/

Philosophy 105-01 Problems of Philosophy Fall 2004 Mr. Van Norden Office Hours: Thursdays 3-5 or by appointment Email: My username is "brvannorden" at host "vassar.edu". Office: Rockefeller Hall 207 Office Phone (and voice mail): 437-5538 WWW: http://faculty.vassar.edu/brvannor Course Description: This course is an introduction to some of the issues, methods and classic texts of philosophy. Among the topics we will address are the following: Is ethics purely subjective? Can we know anything? Can we trust our senses (sight, hearing, etc.)? Do humans only act out of self-interest? Can we do evil for the sake of evil? What makes life worth living? All the books for this class are influential and widely admired classic texts. There are two required and one optional film screenings in this course. Each of these films is universally considered an ’Äúessential film’Äù by critics. There will be some lectures in this class, but also much discussion, and many brief written assignments. Regular attendance and at least some class participation is required. This document last modified October 20, 2004.

115. English Grammar And Punctuation English grammar punctuation. This page is constructed by Tod E. Jones. Teaching and research responsibilities prevent me from responding to individual http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/6354/grammar.html

Home Page Common Problems of This page is constructed by Tod E. Jones. Teaching and research responsibilities prevent me from responding to individual requests for assistance and further information. Please send comments or suggestions to dogmatist@hotmail.com Sources Consulted Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writer's of Reseach Papers . 4th ed. New York: Modern Language Association, 1995. Kirszner, Laurie G., and Stephen R. Mandell. The Holt Handbook . 3rd ed. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. Strunk, William, Jr., and E. B. White. The Elements of Style . 3rd ed. New York: Macmillan, 1979. CONTENTS Grammatical Errors Sentence Fragments Run-on Sentences Subject / Verb Agreement Pronoun / Antecedent Agreement ... Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers Punctuation Errors Commas Semicolons Colons Apostrophes ... Punctuation with Parenthetical Citations (See also my web page MLA Style and Documentation Sentence Fragments A sentence, in order to be complete, must have a subject and a finite verb and cannot consist only of a dependent clause.  A sentence fragment with a subject missing: Many off-campus students take the shuttle from the public bus stop.Â

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117. EDSP 287: Evaluation commaplus-conjunction), Paper has occasional errors related to the same. (See column 1.) Spelling, punctuation, grammar, and word choice are correct. http://horizon.unc.edu/courses/287/1999/evaluation.asp

Spring 1999 Spring 1998 Spring 1997 Spring 1996 EVALUATION Criteria for Evaluating Scanning Abstracts Criteria for Evaluating Issue Analysis Papers Criteria for Issue Analysis Critiques Criteria for Evaluating Presentations Evaluation Components The major component of the class is developing and persuasively presenting, both in writing and in oral presentation using a presentation software package (Microsoft's PowerPoint), a thoughtful, in-depth analysis of an issue challenging education. Since you will implement this component as part of a team, each member will receive the grade assigned to the team. It is imperative that you work well as a team so that readers of your issue analysis paper will not be able to detect that the paper was not a single-authored work. Your presentation should be so well-rehearsed that all phases of the presentation are well done. The other course components for evaluation consist of (a) one scanning abstract and (b) an issue analysis team critique of one issue analysis paper. The scanning abstracts are important in assisting us to identify the critical issues that we want to work on this semester; the critiques are important to classmates in the development of their written communication skills (and offer you a chance to hone your writing skills as well). More importantly, since the content of the course revolves around the issue analysis papers, writing critiques provides you with further opportunities to delve deeply into issues challenging education.

118. EDSP 287: Evaluation Paper has occasional errors related to the same. (See column 1.) Spelling, punctuation, grammar, and word choice are correct. http://horizon.unc.edu/courses/287/1998/evaluation.asp

EVALUATION The major component of the class is developing and persuasively presenting a thoughtful, in-depth analysis of an issue challenging education both in writing and in oral presentation using a presentation software package (Microsoft's PowerPoint). Since you will implement this component as part of a team, each member will receive the grade assigned to the team. It is imperative that you work well as a team so that readers of your issue analysis paper will not be able to detect that the paper was not a single authored paper. Your presentation should be so well rehearsed that all phases of the presentation are well done. The other course components for evaluation consist of (a) one scanning abstract and (b) your individual critique of an issue analysis paper. The scanning abstracts are important in assisting us identify the critical issues that we want to work on this semester; the critiques are important to classmates in the development of their written communication skills (and offer you a chance to hone your writing skills as well). Note that I and one or more of your colleagues will critique the first draft of your issue analysis paper and that I will critique the first draft of your abstract. Use these critiques to revise your papers. You are under no obligation to accept every comment or recommendation as valid and revise your paper accordingly. Instead, if you do not agree with a comment, you can ignore it, but do view the comment as a signal that someone who has taken a good deal of time and energy to think through your paper and provide you with the benefit of their effort did not get your point. Think of how you could revise so that the critic and other readers may see your point more clearly. In other words, use the critiques to compel you to improve your paper.

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