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This is a condensed thread to teach specific lessons to those who want to learn correct grammar and spelling.
We have many members whose mother tongue is not English.
Please title your post if you choose to add a lesson. A font size of 12 pt in capitals will make that post easy to find. The lesson posts will also be referenced in the wiki.
LESSONS
1. there / their / they're
2. a vs. an
3. went vs. have gone
4. It's vs. Its
5. Affect vs. Effect
6. Capital vs. Capitol
7. Much vs. Many
8. We're vs. Were
9. Your vs. You're
10. Definitely vs. Defiantly
11. Manner vs. Manor
12. Exasperate vs. Exacerbate
13. Gorilla vs. Guerilla
14. Idle / Idol / Idyll
15. Precede vs. Proceed
16. Rouge vs. Rogue
17. Independence vs. Indpendents
18. Ordinance vs. Ordnance
19. Weather vs. Whether
This is a condensed thread to teach specific lessons to those who want to learn correct grammar and spelling.
We have many members whose mother tongue is not English.
Please title your post if you choose to add a lesson. A font size of 12 pt in capitals will make that post easy to find. The lesson posts will also be referenced in the wiki.
LESSONS
1. there / their / they're
2. a vs. an
3. went vs. have gone
4. It's vs. Its
5. Affect vs. Effect
6. Capital vs. Capitol
7. Much vs. Many
8. We're vs. Were
9. Your vs. You're
10. Definitely vs. Defiantly
11. Manner vs. Manor
12. Exasperate vs. Exacerbate
13. Gorilla vs. Guerilla
14. Idle / Idol / Idyll
15. Precede vs. Proceed
16. Rouge vs. Rogue
17. Independence vs. Indpendents
18. Ordinance vs. Ordnance
19. Weather vs. Whether
- Commas go before the space, like this, not like ,this.
- Commas/periods go after the close parenthesis (like this), not before (like this.) (Unless the entire sentence is enclosed.)
- All punctuation goes inside the quotation, like "this." not like "this".
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