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Apostrophes
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Dashes
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Exclamation Marks
Hyphens
Periods
Parentheses
Questions Marks
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- Using Apostrophes
- Using Colons
- Using Commas
- Using Dashes
- Using Hyphens
- Using Parentheses (Brackets)
- Using Semicolons
- Using Speech Marks
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Adjectives
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Adverbs
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Conjunctions
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Determiners
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Interjections
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Nouns
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Prepositions
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Pronouns
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Verbs
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Parts of Speech TestEasily Confused Words
- advice and advise
- adverse and averse
- affect and effect
- appraise and apprise
- avenge and revenge
- bare and bear
- can and may
- coarse and course
- complement and compliment
- compose and comprise
- dependant and dependent
- discreet and discrete
- disinterested and uninterested
- e.g. and i.e.
- envy and jealousy
- explicit and implicit
- further and farther
- gray and grey
- immigrate and emigrate
- imply and infer
- its and it's
- loose and lose
- marinade and marinate
- material and materiel
- past and passed
- personal and personnel
- poisonous or venomous
- practice and practise
- principal and principle
- role and roll
- tenant and tenet
- their, there, and they're
- too or to
- weather, whether, and wether
- while or whilst
- who or whom
- who's and whose
- you're and your
Confused Words TestGlossary of Terms
- abbreviation
- absolute possessive
- abstract noun
- accusative case
- acronym
- active sentence
- active voice
- adjective
- adjective clause
- adjective phrase
- adjunct
- adverb
- adverbial clause
- adverbial phrase
- affix
- analogy
- anastrophe
- antecedent
- antonym
- appositive
- archaism
- article
- aspect
- auxiliary verb
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"Smashing Grammar" (2019)Written by the founder of Grammar Monster, "Smashing Grammar" includes a glossary of grammar essentials (from apostrophes to zeugma) and a chapter on easily confused words (from affect/effect to whether/if). Each entry starts with a simple explanation and basic examples before moving to real-life, entertaining examples. All entries conclude with a section highlighting why the grammar point is relevant for a writer and top-level bullet points summarizing the entry. [More…]
"Grammar for Grown-ups" (2011)Vocational rather than academic, "Grammar for Grown-ups" is packed with real-life examples and keeps you engaged with a wealth of great quotations from Homer the Greek to Homer the Simpson. Straight talking and methodical, Craig Shrives draws on his years compiling Grammar Monster and as an army officer to present a comprehensive but light-hearted and easily digestible grammar reference guide. [More…]
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