Welcome Page for Instructors
Welcome Page for Students
Identifying Subjects
Identifying Subjects 1
Identifying Subjects 2
Identifying Prepositional Phrases
Identifying Prepositional Phrases
Identifying Verbs
Identifying Verbs
Identifying Action, Linking, and Helping Verbs
Using Coordinating Conjunctions
Using Coordinating Conjunctions
Using Semicolons
Using Semicolons
Using Transitional Words and Phrases
Using Transitional Words and Phrases 1
Using Transitional Words and Phrases 2
Using Subordinating Conjunctions
Using Subordinating Conjunctions 1
Using Subordinating Conjunctions 2
Using Relative Pronouns
Using Relative Pronouns
Identifying Sentence Types
Identifying Sentence Types
Combining Sentences
Combining Sentences 1
Combining Sentences 2
Recognizing Parallel Structure
Recognizing Parallel Structure
Using Parallel Structure
Using Parallel Structure 1
Using Parallel Structure 2
Using Parallel Structure 3
Using Specific Words
Using Specific Words 1
Using Specific Words 2
Avoiding Clichés and Sexist Language
Avoiding Clichés and Sexist Language
Commonly Confused Words
Commonly Confused Words 1
Commonly Confused Words 2
Recognizing Run-Ons
Recognizing Run-Ons 1
Recognizing Run-Ons 2
Correcting Run-Ons
Correcting Run-Ons 1
Correcting Run-Ons 2
Correcting Fragments
Correcting Fragments 1
Correcting Fragments 2
Correcting Fragments 3
Recognizing Fragments
Recognizing Fragments
Subject-Verb Agreement
Subject-Verb Agreement 1
Subject-Verb Agreement 2
Subject-Verb Agreement 3
Subject-Verb Agreement 4
Indefinite Pronoun Subjects
Indefinite Pronoun Subjects
Verbs before Subjects
Verbs before Subjects
Illogical Shifts
Illogical Shifts
Shifts in Tense
Shifts in Tense
Shifts in Person and Voice
Shifts in Person and Voice
Correcting Misplaced Modifiers
Correcting Misplaced Modifiers 1
Correcting Misplaced Modifiers 2
Correcting Dangling Modifiers
Correcting Dangling Modifiers 1
Correcting Dangling Modifiers 2
Regular Verbs
Regular Verbs
Irregular Verbs
Irregular Verbs
Problem Verbs: Be
Problem Verbs: Be
Problem Verbs: Can/Could and Will/Would
Problem Verbs: Can/Could and Will/Would 1
Problem Verbs: Can/Could and Will/Would 2
Regular Past Participles
Regular Past Participles
Irregular Past Participles
Irregular Past Participles 1
Irregular Past Participles 2
Present Perfect and Past Perfect Tenses
Present Perfect and Past Perfect Tenses 1
Present Perfect and Past Perfect Tenses 2
Identifying Antecedents
Identifying Antecedents
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement 1
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement 2
Indefinite Pronoun Antecedents
Indefinite Pronoun Antecedents
Revising for Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Revising for Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Personal Pronouns
Personal Pronouns
Pronoun Case
Pronoun Case
Pronoun Case: Who/Whom
Pronoun Case: Who/Whom
Reflexive Pronouns
Reflexive Pronouns
Good and Well
Good and Well
Identifying Adjectives and Adverbs
Identifying Adjectives and Adverbs 1
Identifying Adjectives and Adverbs 2
Comparatives and Superlatives
Comparatives and Superlatives 1
Comparatives and Superlatives 2
Good/Well and Bad/Badly
Good/Well and Bad/Badly
Special Problems with Subjects
Special Problems with Subjects
Count and Noncount Nouns
Count and Noncount Nouns
Determiners with Count and Noncount Nouns
Determiners with Count and Noncount Nouns
Articles
Articles
Negative Statements
Negative Statements
Questions
Questions
Stative Verbs
Stative Verbs
Choosing Prepositions: At, In, or On
Choosing Prepositions: At, In, or On
Correct Comma Use
Correct Comma Use
Types of Comma Use
Types of Comma Use
Commas in a Series
Commas in a Series
Commas with Introductory Phrases
Commas with Introductory Phrases
Commas with Transitional Words and Phrases
Commas with Transitional Words and Phrases
Commas with Appositives
Commas with Appositives
Commas with Nonrestrictive Clauses
Commas with Nonrestrictive Clauses
Commas in Dates and Addresses
Commas in Dates and Addresses
Apostrophes in Contractions and Possessives
Apostrophes in Contractions and Possessives 1
Apostrophes in Contractions and Possessives 2
Capitalizing Proper Nouns
Capitalizing Proper Nouns
Punctuating Direct Quotations
Punctuating Direct Quotations
Setting Off Titles
Setting Off Titles
Semicolons
Semicolons
Colons
Dashes and Parentheses
Semicolons, Colons, Dashes, and Parentheses
Process: Amy Ma, “My Grandmother’s Dumpling”
Classification: Carolyn Foster Segal, “The Dog Ate My Flashdrive, and Other Tales of Woe”
Definition: Judy Brady, “I Want a Wife”
Argument: Bob Herbert, “Tweet Less, Kiss More”