Personally, I learn best when I am able to
test myself. Explanations on the different types of grammar are great,
but in addition to those explanations, I need a quiz. I found this
wonderful and handy little site that has a multitude of quizzes.
This is the link:
The only thing that I wish this quiz
website did is explain why you are incorrect when you choose the wrong answer. It would go a long way to helping me
understand the why behind the grammar I’m not understanding.
Another favorite online writing resource
is of course, the Purdue University Online Writing Lab. This is the main home page link: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
I was first introduced to this site in
high school by my English teacher as a tool to help learn how to properly use
in-text citation, in addition to learning how to build a Works Cited page,
whether you are using MLA, or APA. I
still use it to this day because it has such good step by step explanations of
how to do each different citation type.
In this week's grammar exploits I found this lovely example from the Facebook page of our very own Signpost. Please see below.
The mistake in this example is the misuse of the word "do." Unless I am mistaken, the word properly used should have been "due." I am unsure as to the exact technical reason for this, but based on a quick google search I found a helpful tip. If you can substitute "because" in place of "do/due," within the sentence and it make sense, you should pick "due" over "do." Hope this helps!
One of my teachers is an advisor for the Signpost. I can't wait to show this to her. She is a grammar enthusiast and will be horrified to see this. The Cengage links were so helpful. I'll be using the quizzes this week to prepare for the exam. Thanks!
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ReplyDeleteI want to say thank you for your post. There is so much to learn in this course and I have been attempting to commit the information to memory. It has not occurred to me to do quizzes to test my retention. You are a lifesaver for sharing this tip! Thank you for the links also. They are sure to be a big help.
Sometimes I wonder if headlines are written with speech-recognition software instead of being typed by hand (that's not the first such example I've seen). If not one would hope that the people in charge of keeping our student body informed about the events in our school would pay a bit more attention.
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