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Fair or not, one way people will judge your professionalism is by your language skills, including your use of grammar and spelling. The good news is that grammar and spelling can be improved the same way we improve at basketball or chess. We analyze our current strategies, learn better more successful strategies, and practice, practice, practice.

General Resources

• LINK OPENS IN SECOND WINDOW: Blue Pencil Online
• LINK OPENS IN SECOND WINDOW: Charles Darling's Guide to Grammar and Writing

Charles Darling's Guide to Grammar and Writing, Capital Community College, Hartford, Connecticut: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/. This is an extensive and excellent site with exercises, lessons, samples, and more.

• LINK OPENS IN SECOND WINDOW: Dr. GramR Grammar Games
• LINK OPENS IN SECOND WINDOW: Bedford St. Martin's Exercise Central
• LINK OPENS IN SECOND WINDOW: Houghton Mifflin Student Resource Center e-Exercises
• LINK OPENS IN SECOND WINDOW: Big Dog's Grammar

Big Dog's Grammar: A Bare Bones Guide to English, Scott Foll: http://aliscot.com/bigdog/. This site focuses on the bare essentials, the most common writing problems students face.

• LINK OPENS IN SECOND WINDOW: MSCTC Online Writing Lab: Grammar, Syntax, Diction
• LINK OPENS IN SECOND WINDOW: Jane Straus's Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
• LINK OPENS IN SECOND WINDOW: Traditional English Grammar: Description and Use
• LINK OPENS IN SECOND WINDOW: Michael Harvey's Nuts and Bolts of College Writing

Michael Harvey's Nuts and Bolts of College Writing, Hackett Publishing: http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/. Described as a thinking guide, this site has a wide array of resources on writing, research, and grammar.

• LINK OPENS IN SECOND WINDOW: Robin L. Simmons, Grammar Bytes
• LINK OPENS IN SECOND WINDOW: HyperGrammar

HyperGrammar, Writing Centre, University of Ottawa: http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/. HyperGrammar is an electronic grammar course designed by four instructors: Heather MacFadyen, David Megginson, Frances Peck, and Dorothy Turner.

• LINK OPENS IN SECOND WINDOW: EnglishPage.com

EnglishPage.com: Free online English lessons & ESL / EFL resources: http://englishpage.com/. This site has grammar resources targeting ESL writers.

• LINK OPENS IN SECOND WINDOW: Gary B. Larson's Garbl's Writing Center
• LINK OPENS IN SECOND WINDOW: Grammar Slammer

The English Plus+ Web Site: Grammar Slammer: http://englishplus.com/grammar/. Grammar Slammer is an online grammar textbook.

• LINK OPENS IN SECOND WINDOW: Emergency Grammar System
• LINK OPENS IN SECOND WINDOW: Grammar and Punctuation

Audio Grammar Helps

• LINK OPENS IN SECOND WINDOW: Grammar Girl
• LINK OPENS IN SECOND WINDOW: Audio Grammar Coach (Houghton Mifflin)

Punctuation

• LINK OPENS IN SECOND WINDOW: Punctuation Made Simple

Commonly Confused Words

• LINK OPENS IN SECOND WINDOW: SourceAid: Commonly Misused Words
• LINK OPENS IN SECOND WINDOW: Confusing Words

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