Grammar Tips

Grammarly’s Place in the Writing Process (pdf) – While Grammarly can be an effective companion to the writing process, you will want to be aware of those areas uncovered by research studies where it performs inconsistently or inaccurately.

Spell-Check Unreliability (pdf) – Spell-check serves as a valuable screening tool during the editing stage to use for checking accuracy; however, as with any safeguard, spell-check has its limitations and must be utilized wisely.

Articles (pdf) – Review how to distinguish between and when to use the two types of articles placed before a noun: definite (the) and indefinite (some/a/an).

Verbs (pdf) – Discover why the correct verb choice breathes life into your sentences and how verbs express action, a state of being, or a relation between other words in the sentence.

Prepositions (pdf) – Learn how prepositions function within phrases to modify main verbs, nouns, or adjectives and express spatial and temporal relationships between parts of a sentence in terms of location, direction, or time.

Pronoun Antecedent Agreement (pdf) – Be sure that your nouns (antecedents) and their corresponding pronouns are clear to the reader and learn why they must agree in person (masculine/feminine) and in number (singular/plural).

Misplaced Modifiers (pdf) – Avoid confusing your reader with sentences that have misplaced modifiers and learn how to properly place these essential words, phrases, or sentence elements to effectively describe another word, phrase, or element in the sentence. 

Conjunctions (pdf) – Review the three types of conjunctions and how these connectors in a sentence can serve to improve your sentence structure and the overall fluency of your writing.