TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Making Sense of Spelling
What can spelling tell us about relationships between words? While spelling may sometimes seem random or unexpected, this lesson illuminates how peeling back the layers of spelling helps us understand the complex history and meaningful...
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Writing Lab: Brief Overview of Punctuation
This lesson provides a brief overview of semicolons, colons, parentheses, dashes, quotation marks, italics, and underlining.
Rutgers University
Rutgers University: Guide to Grammar and Style: Paragraphs
At this site, Jack Lynch sets forth many guidelines for writing good paragraphs, from length, to specific word choice, to proofreading, to voice, to punctuation. Links are provided to help the student seeking additional clarification.
Other
Tidewater Community College: Writing Center: Apostrophes
Discusses the two main functions of apostrophes: contractions and forming possessives.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Hyphenation Conventions
This video [0:48) discusses how hyphens indicate specific nouns from compound words. Without them, they could refer to completely different things! Know when and how to use them.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Frequently Confused Words: Too to Two
Can you tell the difference between the words 'to,' two,' and 'too'?
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Frequently Confused Words: There Their They're
Do you know when to use 'there,' 'their,' and 'they're'?
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Frequently Confused Words: Here Hear
Can you identify the difference between the words 'here' and 'hear'?
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Frequently Confused Words: Assorted
Can you identify when to correctly use these words that often get confused with other words?
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Frequently Confused Words: Affect/effect
Do you know when to use 'affect' and when to use 'effect'?
English Plus+
English Plus: Grammar Slammar!
An easy-to-use grammar resource containing rules for style, usage, capitalization, abbreviations, punctuation, and letter writing. This site also includes a glossary of common grammatical mistakes.
English Plus+
Grammar Slammer: Hyphens Rules for Use
This site from Grammar Slammer offers links to each of the uses for hyphens where correct and incorrect examples are provided for each. L.11-12.2a Hyphens
Grammar Tips
Grammar Tips: The Proper Use of "Lay" and "Lie"
Check this brief explanation of how to tell the difference between lay, a transitive verb, and lie an intransitive verb, and use them properly in English grammar.
Grammar Tips
Who, That, Which
Need a quick reference for when to use who, that or which? This article offers a concise explanation.
Grammar Tips
Ten Common but Easily Corrected Errors
This resource presents the easiest errors to make when writing. Use this resource to help you proof your work.
Grammar Tips
Problematic Word Pairs: Part Iii
Use this list to help you find the correct usage of nine different pairs of commonly misused words.
Towson University
Towson University: Commonly Confused Words: Then and Than
This entry explains the difference in meaning and usage of the words "then" and "than," gives examples of each, and provides a link to a page of practice exercises.
ACT360 Media
Writing Den: Punctuation
A brief description of the rules, usage, and examples of the each type of punctuation used when building a sentence.
ACT360 Media
Writing Tips: Sentence Builder: Apostrophe
A brief description of the rules, usage, and examples of the "apostrophe" in English punctuation.
ACT360 Media
Writing Tips: Sentence Builder: Dash
A brief description of the rules, usage, and examples of the "dash" in English punctuation.
ACT360 Media
Writing Tips: Sentence Builder: Hyphen
A brief description of the rules, usage, and examples of the "hyphen" in English punctuation.
Other
The Seven Day Week and the Meanings of the Names
Ever wonder why Thursday is called Thursday? Find the answer to this and other word origins.
