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The Basics for Standard English

What is... Standard American English (SAE) Glossary of Grammatical and Rhetorical Terms What is... Standard English (SE) Glossar...

Voice (USAGE)

  • Word Choice and Style
  • Voice
  • Formal Writing Voice
  • 1st Person
  • 2nd Person
  • 3rd Person
  • Active and Passive VOICE
  • Avoid Passive VOICE in Sentences
  • Verb "to be" (Passive)

Avoid these issues...

  • Questions in Academic Writing
  • Eliminate Contractions (Use REAL Words)
  • Identify and Eliminate SLANG
  • Eliminate OXYMORONS in Academic Essays
  • Words/Phrases to Avoid (pt 1)
  • Words/Phrases to Avoid (pt 2)
  • Faulty Parallelism
  • Eliminate JARGON
  • Eliminate Cliché in Essays

Academic Standards

  • What is Standard English?
  • English for Everyone
  • Style of Writing
  • Stylistic Guidelines
  • Fragments and Run-ons
  • Voice
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  • Font Usage
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WORD CHOICE

  • Index of Commonly Confused Words
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  • Diction

Commonly Confused Words

  • Toward vs Towards

Parts of Speech

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NOUNS

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  • The Most Important English Nouns
  • Understanding Possessive Nouns
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VERBS

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  • VERB TENSE: Consistency
  • Verb "to be" (Passive)

ADJECTIVES

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  • How to Use Adjectives
  • Adjectives: WHEN to Use
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  • What is an Absolute Adjective?
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ADVERBS

  • Adverbs: WHEN to Use
  • Adverbs vs Adjectives
  • Adverbs

Sentence Structure

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  • Four Sentence Types in English
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Punctuation Errors

  • Elements of Punctuation
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  • Using Apostrophes Correctly
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  • Brackets
  • Parenthesis
  • Quote Marks
  • Exclamation Point

Common Grammar Errors

  • Split Infinitives
  • Adverb Usage
  • Subject/Verb Agreement
  • Pronoun Agreement
  • Pronoun Case
  • Apostrophe Usage
  • Dangling Modifiers
  • Double Negatives
  • Sentence Structure Basics
  • Comma and Semicolon Usage
  • Elements of Grammar: Uses and Rules
  • "IT'S" VS "ITS"

Working with English

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Commonly Confused Words

  • Toward vs Towards
  • Everyday or Every Day?

Grammar Term Definitions (2)

  • Intransitive Verb
  • Items in a Series
  • Linking Verbs
  • Main Clause
  • Misplaced Modifier
  • Modifier
  • Non-count Noun
  • Noun
  • Noun Phrase
  • Object of the Preposition
  • Parallel Structure
  • Participle
  • Participle Phrase
  • Phrase
  • Preposition
  • Prepositional Phrase
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  • Transitive Verb
  • Verb
  • Verb Phrase

Grammar Term Definitions (1)

  • Grammatical Term Definitions
  • Absolute Phrase
  • Abstract Noun
  • Action Verb
  • Adjective
  • Adjective Clause
  • Adverb
  • Antecedent
  • Apostrophe
  • Appositive
  • Auxiliary Verb
  • Clause
  • Collective Noun
  • Comma Splice
  • Common Noun
  • Complete Sentence
  • Compound Subject
  • Compound Verb
  • Concrete Noun
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  • Coordinating Conjunction
  • Correlative Conjunction
  • Count Noun
  • Dangling Modifier
  • Direct Object
  • Essential Clause
  • Fragment
  • Fused Sentence
  • Gerund
  • Gerund Phrase
  • Indirect Object
  • Infinitive
  • Infinitive Phrase
  • Interjection
  • Interrupter

Revising into Standard English

  • Revising Sentences
  • Verb "to be" (Passive)

Punctuation

  • Punctuation
  • General Usage
  • Punctuating with Computers
  • Rules for Commas
  • Comma
  • Exclamation Point
  • Quote Marks
  • Semi-colon
  • Colon
  • Dash (Hyphen)
  • Parenthesis
  • Brackets
  • Apostrophe
  • Elements of Punctuation

Word Choice

  • Word Choice and Style
  • Contractions
  • Confused Words
  • Identify and Eliminate SLANG
  • Colloquialism
  • Vocabulary
  • Spelling

Word Problems

  • Misspelled and Confused Words
  • Words and Phrases to Avoid
  • Usage and Abusage
  • "Earth" Used as Proper Noun
  • "Mom" Used as Proper Noun
  • "Internet" Capitalization Dilemma

'Voice' in Writing

  • Voice
  • 1st Person
  • 2nd Person
  • 3rd Person

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      • Fun with Word Play
      • The Most Commonly Misspelled Words in English
      • The "never end a sentence with a preposition" myth
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      • Remain CONSISTENT in VERB TENSE
      • 44 Sounds in the English Language
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      • Avoid the use of contractions
      • Avoid addressing readers as "you."
      • Do not use first-person pronouns
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