| Author | Message | ||
| David Dumais
Member Username: scribbledhopes Post Number: 75 Registered: 03-2008 |
I went on a hunt to find a book to assist me with grammar, It has been a long time since my foot has stepped into a classroom. There were many, some of them really thick, or just too complicated. My wife found one that seemed good, but really small and thin. But it seems good. Strunk and White The Elements of Style. fourth edition. I like it and I thought I read the name somewhere, or something like it. Is this a decent reference? is there one better, I like the size, it sits nicely by my laptop. I am not perfect but the worlds not perfect, so we are a matching set. | ||
| Michael Reed Samford
Intermediate Member Username: mikesamford Post Number: 376 Registered: 03-2008 |
Look this site up -its free! http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ Hope to help. | ||
| ~M~
Board Administrator Username: mjm Post Number: 30001 Registered: 11-1998 |
This is the one I depend on, David. Harbrace College Handbook Best, M | ||
| Rania Watts
Valued Member Username: cementcoveredcherries Post Number: 280 Registered: 04-2008 |
Hi David, Both Mike & M's suggestions are brilliant. Cheers, Rania Watts "You will hardly know who I am or what I mean" ~ Walt Whitman http://cementcoveredcherry.wordpress.com/ | ||
| Jane Røken
Advanced Member Username: magpie Post Number: 1399 Registered: 03-2007 |
David ... I'd like to contribute with my tuppence-worth. One book that I call my Bible, and on which I'm prepared to swear at any time, is Fowler's Modern English Usage. It's not only a grammar book. It's a kind of "user's manual to the language", and it covers just about everything, grammar too. It's one of the most useful books I know. Take a look at it in your local library and see if it's something for you. Good luck! Jane | ||
| Fred Longworth
Senior Member Username: sandiegopoet Post Number: 3975 Registered: 05-2006 |
It has been a long time since my foot has stepped into a classroom. What happened to the other foot? Unofficial Forum Pariah recent victim of alien abduction | ||
| ~M~
Board Administrator Username: mjm Post Number: 30017 Registered: 11-1998 |
I think the ogre ate it.  Love, M | ||
| Kathy Paupore
Moderator Username: kathy Post Number: 8759 Registered: 12-2003 |
I still have my Harbrace from college my Lit classes, and still use it. Oh and I still have both feet. *Kathy You're invited to: Wild Flowers Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.--Robert Frost | ||
| Judy Thompson
Advanced Member Username: judyt54 Post Number: 1187 Registered: 11-2007 |
Strunk and White has always been the gold standard, for me, as to grammar. The other one is, if you read grammatically correct writing, you will begin to write that way. Poets tend to be huge mimics, and we write what we read. hwevr if u r in chat rms all da time, u r gonna rite like dis 2. lol. | ||
| David Dumais
Member Username: scribbledhopes Post Number: 83 Registered: 03-2008 |
The book is a bit is odd, it explains simple things in such complicated ways that my head spins and I think. What? Then they give and example. I see it and smile and think, I knew that, everyone knows that. and move onto the next rule. This is a great book. I am learning some of the finer things to style, and understanding a few of the rules I was following, but didn't know why. (Message edited by scribbledhopes on May 25, 2008) I am not perfect but the worlds not perfect, so we are a matching set. | ||
| dave rowley
Valued Member Username: dave_rowley Post Number: 101 Registered: 11-2007 |
I never paid attention at school and as a result I'm still trying to catch up with grammar and punctuation. My most used grammar resources are: The New Well Tempered Sentence: A Punctuation Handbook for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed. and : The Deluxe Transitive Vampire: A Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager and the Doomed. Both are written by Karen Elizabeth Gordon who actually makes these subjects accessible and enjoyable. Cheers, Dave hatrabbit |
