Grammar:
Collection 1 by
Jane Watson
Topics covered in Grammar Collection 1 include:
Punctuation With Lists
Quotation Marks: Are you up to date?
Single Quotes or Double Quotes
Dot, Dot, Dot
Explaining Colons
One Space or Two
A, An and The
Affect Versus Effect
Amongst and Whilst
Between You and …
Can Versus Could
Ensure, Insure and Assure
Gerunds
I or Me
In Regard to …
i.e. Versus e.g.
Me/Myself/I
Might and May
A Number or the Number
Shall Versus Will
Staff Is or Staff Are
Talked To Versus Spoke To
Then Versus Than (plus appropriate pronouns)
Until Versus Till
When it’s improper to use “where”
Which Versus That
While … Time goes by
Expressing Numbers
Metric or Imperial
The Rules for Numbers
Rules for Capitals
Titles and Capital Letters
The Importance of Spelling
How should I spell it?
I can no longer write with a pen or pencil!
Sample Topic
Quotation Marks: Are you up to date?
Do you have trouble remembering whether to place the
period inside or outside the quotation mark?
If so, relax. The North American rules surrounding
quotation marks are now quite simple. All periods and
commas go inside the quotation marks; colons and semicolons
are placed outside.
Incorrect:
Time magazine says it’s “the best ice cream
in the world”. (I learned it this way when
I went to school -- but that was back in the days
of
the dinosaurs.)
Correct:
Time magazine says it’s “the best ice
cream in the world.”
Correct:
Time magazine says it’s “the best ice cream
in the world,” and we plan to use the statement
in our advertising campaign.
Correct:
In the minutes, she recorded, “Paul Smithers
agreed to contribute $100,000 to the fund”;
we were extremely grateful.
Note: I realize a number of people will be upset about
this change. But grammar is not static; it changes
with the time.
Please, don't shoot the messenger! I
am supported by any North American grammar book published
within the past ten years.
Be careful if you proofread your kids’ homework.
Following your old rules may cause your kids grief.
One workshop participant told me her son lost five
marks when she corrected his essay and moved the
periods outside the quotation marks. It would have
been okay
10 years ago but not today.
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