Monday, October 21, 2013

Valuable Links -Grammar Answers

As a finance major living in an English major's world, I have a lot of questions. Need to know when to place a hyphen? 

Whether you mean 'affect' or 'effect'? 

Whether to use 'that' or 'which'? 

Does a question mark go inside quotes or outside?

Why a gerund sentence should be avoided. 

Commas! Where do they belong?

Need I say more.

Grammar Girl is your solution for quick and dirty tips to often asked grammar questions. 

3 comments:

  1. Great points. Now I'm scurrying to my query and first 250 to see if I messed up. Thanks for the link!

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  2. And don't get me started on the horrible (and widespread) misuse of celibate, as in, "I plan to stay celibate until marriage." Yes, we all do that.

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  3. *pauses, goes to Merriam Webster, looks up celibate* OH! lol I learned something today. :D

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