Writing Resources
- Revision Editing Checklist – TWU
- Sentence Types Handout – TWU
- Diagram of Compound and Complex Sentences – TWU
- Verb Tenses – University of Toronto
- Tenses in Academic Writing – University of Adelaide
- Prepositions – Purdue OWL
- Self-Editing Checklist – University of Victoria
- Conciseness – Purdue OWL
- Definite Articles – University of Toronto
- Definite and Indefinite Articles – Butte College
Quick Start Guides for Grammar
Colons and Introductions, Explanations, and Elaboration
Elaboration and Explanation The colon is mainly a mark of introduction:...
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Apostrophes
While a small piece of punctuation, apostrophes have the power...
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Dashes and Colons
Dashes and colons are essential to incorporate into your grammar...
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Colons and Semicolons
Difficulty with navigating the correct use of colons and semicolons...
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Mixed Sentences
This guide will explain: What mixed sentences are. How to...
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Word Pairs
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Pronoun Agreement
Quick Start Guide to Pronoun Agreement. This guide will explain:...
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Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
Modifiers play an important role in explaining how all the...
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WriteAway: How to ask an e-Question
Here's a quick start guide to show you step by...
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Restrictive and Non-restrictive Qualifiers
Often when writing, we need to add further clarification about...
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Case of Nouns and Pronouns
Case is an important thing for any budding grammarian to...
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Subject-Verb Agreement
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Run-on Sentences
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Sentence Fragments
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