As most of you have noticed, my grammar is atrocious. I want to remedy this situation but I don't know how. Any suggestions? Serious ones, no "go kill yourself" type bullshit.
:lol:
Mssrs Strunk and White (https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Style-Fourth-William-Strunk/dp/020530902X/ref=zg_bs_491394_1)
Less than $5. Go in peace, my son.
Read books by early-mid 20th century British writers until their style becomes something up with which you cannot put.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=schoolhouse+rock+grammar
Stop paying attention to it.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 03, 2016, 10:44:59 PM
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Mssrs Strunk and White (https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Style-Fourth-William-Strunk/dp/020530902X/ref=zg_bs_491394_1)
Less than $5. Go in peace, my son.
Got my copy in the desk.
Then stop using it as a coffee cup coaster, and read it.
when you aren't sure of something, google it. grammar girl, etc. are great resources. this beats reading some book
When I was in school they never taught us how to diagram sentences. :(
This is how you diagram sentences.
Subject?/noun
Verb
Not sure
Secondary subject?/pronoun
Other verb
Definitely object/noun
I'm sure I that learned it at some point, but I forgot it years ago. It doesn't really matter. Grammar only becomes intuitive through repeated exposure, hence the importance of reading books by people whose headmasters would hit them if they misused 'whom.'
Quote from: Grinning_Colossus on October 04, 2016, 08:40:13 AM
I'm sure I that learned it at some point, but I forgot it years ago. It doesn't really matter. Grammar only becomes intuitive through repeated exposure, hence the importance of reading books by people whose headmasters would hit them if they misused 'whom.'
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Quote from: LaCroix on October 04, 2016, 08:07:52 AM
when you aren't sure of something, google it. grammar girl, etc. are great resources. this beats reading some book
Don't be a dick.
Books are for olds.
hate books :mad:
I was hoping for something interactive.
See if Khaaaan! Academy has something.
Study Timmay's posts, and do the opposite of what he does.
On a serious note, take a college course. You can almost certainly find one you can take online.
Quote from: Razgovory on October 03, 2016, 10:40:02 PM
As most of you have noticed, my grammar is atrocious. I want to remedy this situation but I don't know how. Any suggestions? Serious ones, no "go kill yourself" type bullshit.
You should have gone to a grammar school. :bowler:
If you truly want to learn grammar Wheelock's Latin (https://www.amazon.com/Wheelocks-Latin-7th/dp/0061997226) (or a similar Latin primer) will teach you everything.