- The Fumblerules of Grammar by William Safire, The New York Times Magazine, Nov 4, 1979,
- The Little English Handbook by Edward P. J. Corbett
- How To Write Good by Frank Visco
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adjectives · conjunction · alliteration · exclamation · apostrophe · pronoun · prepositions · parentheses · contractions · infinitive · ampersands · abbreviations
Remember, each 'rule' below breaks its own rule. Type in a word from the word box above into each gap. If your answer is correct it will show up in green and its box will disappear.
- Avoid awkward and affected . It’s always annoying anyway.
- A(n) is not a word to end a sentence with.
- And don't start a sentence with a(n) . But I never do!
- Don't use & abbrevs, etc.
- Be carefully to use and adverbs correct.
- Remarks in (however relevant) are (usually) unnecessary.
- Each should agree with their antecedent (the noun it represents).
- The has it’s rightful place in English, but its important to use it correctly, and remember, not in you're plural's.
- It is wrong to ever split a(n) . Try to always avoid doing so.
- DO NOT overuse marks and ALL CAPS to emphasize!!!
- I'm sure you’d probably agree that aren't necessary, wouldn’t you?
- Foreign words and phrases are not apropos, foreign terms and , U.S.W., (np.) are even worse. I could go on ad infinitum about this.
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