Grammar Girl will rock your socks off

If you haven't read/heard of Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing, today is the day.

Each of the links below go to a page with a transcript of a podcast on a specific grammar issue, and many pages include the podcast's audio file as well. I have selected ones of particular interest in the Honors 12 English class. There are many more on the site.

Top Ten Grammar Myths

Yoda Grammar (discussing SVO)

Finding Subjects and Objects

Subject-Verb Agreement

Switching Verb Tenses (Complicated!)

Point of View, Pronouns, and Agreement

Gerunds (Lots of technical terms used!)

Pronouns and Antecedents

Ending a Sentence with a Preposition

Misplaced Modifiers

Style vs. Rules (why Strunk+White's famous "grammar" book is more of a suggestion)

Style Guides (p.s. Check out the awesome use of dashes in ¶ 1!)

British vs. American English

Does Grammar Really Matter?

 

The Assignment

Read and/or listen to several of the podcasts above. Try some of the technical podcasts as well as the more narrative ones. Be curious, dig, digest. Don't rush this.

When you discover some information that is especially interesting or useful to you, briefly summarize what you learned in a comment on our blog. Please post at least two comments.

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