Grammar Slammer

EverL · 03-13-2007, 09:23 PM

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Style and Usage

Sentence Fragments
Run-on Sentences
Dangling Modifiers
Misplaced Modifiers
Pronoun Case
Possessive Pronouns
Pronouns with Than and As
Subject-Verb Agreement
Indefinite Pronouns
Pronouns Ending in -self
Pronoun-Antecedent Problems
The Subjunctive
Comparisons
Irregular Comparisons
Comparison Problems
Negatives
Tricky Plurals
The Verb To Be

Capitalizing

Capitalizing Sentences
Capitalizing Quotations
Special Cases for Capitalizing
Capitalizing Proper Nouns
Names Not Capitalized
Capitalizing Proper Adjectives
Capitalizing Personal Titles
Capitalizing Titles of Things
Capitalizing in Letters
Scientific Nomenclature

Abbreviations

Abbreviated Names and Social Titles
Abbreviated Rank and Academic Titles
Abbreviations After a Name
Abbreviations of Geographical Features
State and Province Abbreviations
Abbreviations of Units of Measure
Abbreviations of Time References
Common Latin Abbreviations
Abbreviations in Names of Businesses
Acronyms and Pronounced Abbreviations
Scientific Nomenclature

Punctuation

Periods
Question Marks
Exclamation Points
Commas
Semicolons and Colons
Quotation Marks
Italicizing and Underlining
Dashes and Parentheses
Hyphens
Apostrophes
The Ellipsis
Brackets
The Virgule

Letter Writing

Business Letters
Business Letter Styles
Friendly Letters
Friendly Letter Format
Envelopes
Envelope Format
Folding a Standard Letter

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Common Mistakes and Tricky Choices

A
A/An
Absolute Modifiers
Accept/Except
Accuse/Allege
Across/Acrossed/Cross
Adapt/Adopt
Administer/Administrate
Aggravate/Irritate
Ain't
A hold/Ahold
A lot/Allot/Alot
Already/All Ready
Alright/All Right
Alternate(ly)/Alternative(ly)
Altogether/All Together
Always/All Ways
American Grammar vs. British Grammar
Among/Between
Amount/Number
Ante-/Anti-
Anxious/Eager
Anymore
Anyone/Any One
Anyway/Any Way
Anyways
Anywheres
Apart/A part
As/Like
As To
Assume/Presume
At after Where
A Ways
Awhile/A While

B
Bad/Badly
Because after Reason
Being As or Being That
Beside/Besides
Between/Among
Blatant/Flagrant
Blond/Blonde
Bring/Take
British Grammar vs. American Grammar
Burst/Bust/Busted

C
Can/May
Can't Help But
Clipped Words
Compose/Comprise
Continual/Continuous
Convince/Persuade
Could Have/Could Of
Credible/Credulous/Creditable
Cross/Across/Acrossed
Cult/Occult

D
Decisive/Incisive
Definite/Definitive
Different From/Different Than
Diffuse/Defuse
Disinterested/Uninterested
Done as Verb
Doesn't/Don't
Due To
Due To the Fact That

E
Economic/Economical
Emigrate/Immigrate
Enthused/Enthusiastic
Envious/Jealous/Suspicious
Equivocal/Equivocable
Especial(ly)/Special(ly)
Everyone/Every One
Everywheres
Exalt/Exult
Except/Accept

F
Farther/Further
Fewer/Less
Flagrant/Blatant
For Free
Fortunate/Fortuitous

G
Gone/Went
Good/Well

H
Hanged/Hung
Have or Had plus Ought
Have after Could, Would, Should, or Will
Healthful/Healthy
Height or Heighth
Hers/Her's
Historic/Historical
Hopefully
Hypo-/Hyper-
Hypocritical/Hypercritical

I
I Hope/Hopefully
Immigrate/Emigrate
Imply/Infer
In after Want
Incisive/Decisive
Incredible/Incredulous
Indeterminate/Indeterminable
Irregardless/Regardless
Irritate/Aggravate
Its/It's

J
Jealous/Envious/Suspicious
Jiggle/Joggle/Juggle
Judicious/Judicial/Juridical
Just, Use of

K
Kind Of, Use of

L
Lay/Lie
Leave/Let
Lend/Loan
Less/Fewer
Less/Littler (More Little)
Like/As
Lie/Lay
Literal(ly)
Littlest/Least
Loath/Loathe
Luxuriant/Luxurious

M
Macro-/Micro-
Magnificent/Munificent
Manic/Maniac
May/Can
Maybe/May Be
Morale/Moral

N
Nowheres
Number/Amount

O
Occult/Cult
Of, Use of
Of after Would, Could, Should, or Will
Official/Officious
Orient/Orientate
Only, Use of
Ought with Have or Had

P
Parameter/Perimeter
Perimeter/Parameter
Persecute/Prosecute/Prosecution
Perspective/Prospective
Persuade/Convince
"Prepositions Ending Sentences"
Prescribe/Proscribe/Prescription
Presume/Assume
Proscribe/Prescribe/Prescription
Prosecute/Persecute/Prosecution
Prospective/Perspective

Q
Quash/Squash
Quote/Quotation/Quotation Mark

R
Raise/Rise
Real/Really
Reason with Because
Regardless/Irregardless
Renown/Reknown

S
Says/Said
Seen/Saw
Sensual/Sensuous
Set/Sit
Should Have/Should Of
Single/Singular
Solid/Stolid
Somewheres
Sort Of
Special(ly)/Especial(ly)
"Split Infinitives"
Squash/Quash
Strategy/Tactics
Supposed to/Suppose to
Sure/Surely
Suspicious/Jealous/Envious

T
Tactics/Strategy
Take/Bring
Tenet/Tenant
Than/Then
That/Where
That There and This Here
That/Which/Who
Them/Those
Then/Than
There/Their/They're
There's/Theirs/Their's
To/Too/Two
Tortuous/Torturous/Tortured
Try And/Try To
Turbid/Turgid

U
Unequivocal/Unequivocable
Uninterested/Disinterested
Unique (and Other Absolute Modifiers)
Used to/Use to

W
Want followed by In, Out, Off, Down, or Up
Warranty/Warrantee/Warrant
Ways after A
Well/Good
Went/Gone
Where Followed by At
Where/That
Who/Which/That
Who/Whom
Who's/Whose
Will Have/Will Of
-Wise (Suffix)
Would Have/Would Of

Side Glossary

A
Abbreviation
Absolute Modifiers
Accented Syllables
Acronym
Active Voice of Verbs
Adjective
Adjective Clause
Adverb
Adverb Clause
Ambiguous
Antecedent
Appositive
Archaic/Archaism
Article
Auxiliary Verb

B
Basic Tenses
Verb To Be

C
Capitalize
Capital Letters
Case
Clause
Clam Chowder
Cliche
Comparative Degree
Complement
Complex Sentence
Compound
Compound-Complex Sentence
Compound Sentence
Conjunction
Conjunctive Adverbs
Contraction
Coordinate Adjectives
Cumulative Adjectives

D
Dangling Modifier
Declarative Sentence
Demonstratives
Dependent Clause
Direct Address
Direct Object
Direct Quotation

E
Ellipsis
Elliptical Clause
Emphatic Tenses
Exclamation

F
Formal
Fragment
Fragmentary Response

G
Gerund

H
He Said/She Said Clause

I
Imperative Mood
Imperative Sentence
Imperfect Tense
Indefinite Pronoun
Independent Clause
Indicative Mood
Indirect Object
Indirect Question
Indirect Quotation
Infinitive
Informal
Intensive Pronoun
Interjection
Interrogative Pronoun
Interrogative Sentence
Intransitive Verb
Irony

J
jargon

L
Linking Verb
Ligature

M
Main Clause
Misplaced Modifier
Mood
Modifier
Modify

N
Negative
Nomenclature
Nominative Absolute
Nominative Case
Nonrestrictive Modifiers
Nonstandard
Noun

O
Object Complement
Object of Preposition
Objective Case
Onomatopoeia

P
Parenthetical Expression
Participle
Part of Speech
Passive Voice
Perfect Tenses
Person
Phrase
Plural
Positive Degree
Possessive Case
Possessive Pronoun
Predicate
Predicate Nominative
Preposition
Prepositional Phrase
Principal Parts
Progressive Tenses
Pronoun
Proper Noun
Proper Adjective
Punctuation

R
Redundant
Reflexive Pronoun
Relative Pronoun
Run-on Sentence

S
Schwa
Sentence
Singular
Syllable
Standard English
Series
Stilted
Subject of Infinitive
Subject
Subordinate Clause
Subordinating Conjunction
Subjunctive Mood
Superlative

T
Tense of Verbs
Transitive Verbs

V
Verb (Part of Speech)
Verb (Sentence Part)
Verbal
Verb To Be

W
Wordy/Wordiness

Read it. Learn it. Love it.

TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE · 03-13-2007, 09:27 PM

I like what you did and I think this will help some people that do not have good grammer,also post rep for your work

Killerdude500 · 03-13-2007, 09:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EverL

Hello class!
Due to the grammar problems that Legends Forums contains, I looked up guides to help you forum noobs (movieguy, bladi, vice omega etc.) learn how to type/write. It is called, the "Grammar Slammer." Enjoy!

The GS is your friend! Don't make it unhappy and you'll do fine here

You yourself must read it.

Due to the grammar problems that Legend's Forums contain, I looked up guides to help you forum noobs (movieguy, bladi, vice omega, and etc.) learn how to type/write. It is called the "Grammar Slammer". Enjoy!

There you go.

EverL · 03-13-2007, 09:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Killerdude500

You yourself must read it.

Due to the grammar problems that Legend's Forums contain, I looked up guides to help you forum noobs (movieguy, bladi, vice omega, and etc.) learn how to type/write. It is called the "Grammar Slammer". Enjoy!

There you go.

Rawr, noob!

03-13-2007, 09:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
EverL Reprimanded Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Cross Posts: 1,254	Grammar Slammer DONT FORGET TO HAVE A LOOK AT OUR NEWLY ACQUIRED SEGMENTS! Style and Usage Sentence Fragments Run-on Sentences Dangling Modifiers Misplaced Modifiers Pronoun Case Possessive Pronouns Pronouns with Than and As Subject-Verb Agreement Indefinite Pronouns Pronouns Ending in -self Pronoun-Antecedent Problems The Subjunctive Comparisons Irregular Comparisons Comparison Problems Negatives Tricky Plurals The Verb To Be Capitalizing Capitalizing Sentences Capitalizing Quotations Special Cases for Capitalizing Capitalizing Proper Nouns Names Not Capitalized Capitalizing Proper Adjectives Capitalizing Personal Titles Capitalizing Titles of Things Capitalizing in Letters Scientific Nomenclature Abbreviations Abbreviated Names and Social Titles Abbreviated Rank and Academic Titles Abbreviations After a Name Abbreviations of Geographical Features State and Province Abbreviations Abbreviations of Units of Measure Abbreviations of Time References Common Latin Abbreviations Abbreviations in Names of Businesses Acronyms and Pronounced Abbreviations Scientific Nomenclature Punctuation Periods Question Marks Exclamation Points Commas Semicolons and Colons Quotation Marks Italicizing and Underlining Dashes and Parentheses Hyphens Apostrophes The Ellipsis Brackets The Virgule Letter Writing Business Letters Business Letter Styles Friendly Letters Friendly Letter Format Envelopes Envelope Format Folding a Standard Letter *NEW SEGMENT* Common Mistakes and Tricky Choices A A/An Absolute Modifiers Accept/Except Accuse/Allege Across/Acrossed/Cross Adapt/Adopt Administer/Administrate Aggravate/Irritate Ain't A hold/Ahold A lot/Allot/Alot Already/All Ready Alright/All Right Alternate(ly)/Alternative(ly) Altogether/All Together Always/All Ways American Grammar vs. British Grammar Among/Between Amount/Number Ante-/Anti- Anxious/Eager Anymore Anyone/Any One Anyway/Any Way Anyways Anywheres Apart/A part As/Like As To Assume/Presume At after Where A Ways Awhile/A While B Bad/Badly Because after Reason Being As or Being That Beside/Besides Between/Among Blatant/Flagrant Blond/Blonde Bring/Take British Grammar vs. American Grammar Burst/Bust/Busted C Can/May Can't Help But Clipped Words Compose/Comprise Continual/Continuous Convince/Persuade Could Have/Could Of Credible/Credulous/Creditable Cross/Across/Acrossed Cult/Occult D Decisive/Incisive Definite/Definitive Different From/Different Than Diffuse/Defuse Disinterested/Uninterested Done as Verb Doesn't/Don't Due To Due To the Fact That E Economic/Economical Emigrate/Immigrate Enthused/Enthusiastic Envious/Jealous/Suspicious Equivocal/Equivocable Especial(ly)/Special(ly) Everyone/Every One Everywheres Exalt/Exult Except/Accept F Farther/Further Fewer/Less Flagrant/Blatant For Free Fortunate/Fortuitous G Gone/Went Good/Well H Hanged/Hung Have or Had plus Ought Have after Could, Would, Should, or Will Healthful/Healthy Height or Heighth Hers/Her's Historic/Historical Hopefully Hypo-/Hyper- Hypocritical/Hypercritical I I Hope/Hopefully Immigrate/Emigrate Imply/Infer In after Want Incisive/Decisive Incredible/Incredulous Indeterminate/Indeterminable Irregardless/Regardless Irritate/Aggravate Its/It's J Jealous/Envious/Suspicious Jiggle/Joggle/Juggle Judicious/Judicial/Juridical Just, Use of K Kind Of, Use of L Lay/Lie Leave/Let Lend/Loan Less/Fewer Less/Littler (More Little) Like/As Lie/Lay Literal(ly) Littlest/Least Loath/Loathe Luxuriant/Luxurious M Macro-/Micro- Magnificent/Munificent Manic/Maniac May/Can Maybe/May Be Morale/Moral N Nowheres Number/Amount O Occult/Cult Of, Use of Of after Would, Could, Should, or Will Official/Officious Orient/Orientate Only, Use of Ought with Have or Had P Parameter/Perimeter Perimeter/Parameter Persecute/Prosecute/Prosecution Perspective/Prospective Persuade/Convince "Prepositions Ending Sentences" Prescribe/Proscribe/Prescription Presume/Assume Proscribe/Prescribe/Prescription Prosecute/Persecute/Prosecution Prospective/Perspective Q Quash/Squash Quote/Quotation/Quotation Mark R Raise/Rise Real/Really Reason with Because Regardless/Irregardless Renown/Reknown S Says/Said Seen/Saw Sensual/Sensuous Set/Sit Should Have/Should Of Single/Singular Solid/Stolid Somewheres Sort Of Special(ly)/Especial(ly) "Split Infinitives" Squash/Quash Strategy/Tactics Supposed to/Suppose to Sure/Surely Suspicious/Jealous/Envious T Tactics/Strategy Take/Bring Tenet/Tenant Than/Then That/Where That There and This Here That/Which/Who Them/Those Then/Than There/Their/They're There's/Theirs/Their's To/Too/Two Tortuous/Torturous/Tortured Try And/Try To Turbid/Turgid U Unequivocal/Unequivocable Uninterested/Disinterested Unique (and Other Absolute Modifiers) Used to/Use to W Want followed by In, Out, Off, Down, or Up Warranty/Warrantee/Warrant Ways after A Well/Good Went/Gone Where Followed by At Where/That Who/Which/That Who/Whom Who's/Whose Will Have/Will Of -Wise (Suffix) Would Have/Would Of Side Glossary A Abbreviation Absolute Modifiers Accented Syllables Acronym Active Voice of Verbs Adjective Adjective Clause Adverb Adverb Clause Ambiguous Antecedent Appositive Archaic/Archaism Article Auxiliary Verb B Basic Tenses Verb To Be C Capitalize Capital Letters Case Clause Clam Chowder Cliche Comparative Degree Complement Complex Sentence Compound Compound-Complex Sentence Compound Sentence Conjunction Conjunctive Adverbs Contraction Coordinate Adjectives Cumulative Adjectives D Dangling Modifier Declarative Sentence Demonstratives Dependent Clause Direct Address Direct Object Direct Quotation E Ellipsis Elliptical Clause Emphatic Tenses Exclamation F Formal Fragment Fragmentary Response G Gerund H He Said/She Said Clause I Imperative Mood Imperative Sentence Imperfect Tense Indefinite Pronoun Independent Clause Indicative Mood Indirect Object Indirect Question Indirect Quotation Infinitive Informal Intensive Pronoun Interjection Interrogative Pronoun Interrogative Sentence Intransitive Verb Irony J jargon L Linking Verb Ligature M Main Clause Misplaced Modifier Mood Modifier Modify N Negative Nomenclature Nominative Absolute Nominative Case Nonrestrictive Modifiers Nonstandard Noun O Object Complement Object of Preposition Objective Case Onomatopoeia P Parenthetical Expression Participle Part of Speech Passive Voice Perfect Tenses Person Phrase Plural Positive Degree Possessive Case Possessive Pronoun Predicate Predicate Nominative Preposition Prepositional Phrase Principal Parts Progressive Tenses Pronoun Proper Noun Proper Adjective Punctuation R Redundant Reflexive Pronoun Relative Pronoun Run-on Sentence S Schwa Sentence Singular Syllable Standard English Series Stilted Subject of Infinitive Subject Subordinate Clause Subordinating Conjunction Subjunctive Mood Superlative T Tense of Verbs Transitive Verbs V Verb (Part of Speech) Verb (Sentence Part) Verbal Verb To Be W Wordy/Wordiness Read it. Learn it. Love it. __________________ I come, I conquer, I sleep. Last edited by EverL; 04-13-2008 at 03:35 AM.

03-13-2007, 09:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE I AM VENOM Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: l.a Posts: 569	I like what you did and I think this will help some people that do not have good grammer,also post rep for your work __________________