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  • 12 Mobile Apps Grammar Geeks Just Love

    Here’s a link you’ll appreciate if you like getting your English grammar advice on your mobile.

    12 Mobile Apps Grammar Geeks Just Love

  • 30 Common English Idioms and Their History

    Here’s a delightful list of the thirty most common English idioms (figures of speech) and their historical origins. You’ll learn the origins of the phrases like “green-eyed monster,” “apple of my eye,” “skeleton in the closet” and many others.

    30 Common English Idioms

  • 100 English Grammar Blogs Posts

    If you are looking for an assortment of English blog posts about every sort of topic related to grammar, spelling, and punctuation here it is:
    100 English Grammar Blog Posts

  • 10 Tips for Improving Your English Spelling

    This short article will show you easy ways for improving your English spelling. 10 Tips for the Spelling Challenged

  • More on Subject-Verb Agreement Rules

    This clearly written article covers the complexities of subject-verb agreement:

    Subject-Verb Agreement Rules

  • How to Write With Ordinal Numbers

    This short post shows you the grammatically correct way to use ordinal numbers in your English writing:

    Ordinal Numbers: How to Use Them in Your English Writing

  • Everything About Relative Pronouns

    Everything you wanted to know about how to use relative pronouns (that, who, whom, whose, which, where, when, and why):

    How to Use Relative Prounouns

  • Tone in Business Writing

    Here’s an article that gives you some juicy tips on how to achieve the proper tone in business writing:

    Tone in Business Writing

  • Adjective or Adverb?

    This post from Purdue OWL (online writing lab) describes the difference between adjectives and adverbs. You learn some of the various rules for using them.

    Adjective or Adverb?

  • The Elements of Style Online

    Here is the classic English grammar and writing style guide online: The Elements of Style. This is a “must-use,” essential reference guide if you want to write with correct English. Originally written by William Struck, Jr. in 1918.