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Thursday, February 22, 2007

Quizzes

I have posted three short quizzes for readers' fun and edification this week. You can go to the posts by clicking on the links below or you can click the Quizzes subcategory on the lower right side of the blog page.

The first quiz is on subject-verb agreement.

The second is on homonyms.

The third is on pronouns.

Have fun and leave comments if you'd like. I will post another new quiz soon.

Posted at 06:58 am by Pam Nelson in Grammar Guides, Quizzes Triangle Grammar Guide

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Longtime N&O journalist Pam Nelson dishes on language use and misuse and answers questions about grammar and style. Readers can weigh in on what annoys them, too. Think of this as your online grammar class.

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Favorite blogs
John McIntyre's You Don't Say
Doug Fisher's Common Sense Journalism
Andy Bechtel's The Editor's Desk
Bill Walsh's The Slot

A few favorite books
"Garner's Modern American Usage" by Bryan A. Garner
"Writer's Digest Grammar Desk Reference" by Gary Lutz and Diane Stevenson
"The Gregg Reference Manual" by William A. Sabin
"Fowler's Modern English Usage" by R.W. Burchfield
"The Careful Writer" by Theodore M. Bernstein