A request

[darkfyre_muse]

As noted by Monday's post and in passing last night, I am trying to blog on a regular basis. Both here and on a real professional type blogger blog. I am remembering that I like to write, it helps me think. I am also realizing that my 9th grade grammar foundation seems to have erroded quite a bit. Which side of but does the comma go on? Am I using i.e. correctly? And probably a slew of other things I don't even know that I don't know. So a request to all of you reading who care about grammar. If I screw it up, leave a comment. I will happily try to absorb and implement the info. Also any recommendations for a good writer's reference guide. Somewhere that I can go when I know that I don't know how to do something?

Thanks!

Comments

[jack_calls_dances]

Ok, I'll start.

"Also any recommendations for a good writer's reference guide." is a sentence fragment....ya don't got no verb there! It should also probably be a question. Perhaps: "Also, does anyone have any recommendations for a good writer's reference guide." If you want humorous grammar books, check out Fumble Rules by William Saffire and Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss (www.eatsshootsandleaves.com)

J

[imaginarycanary.livejournal.com]

also, it's "eroded" not "erroded" LOL. I hate correcting people. It feels weird. SO, I prefer the Simon & Schuster Handbook for Writers. The MLA also produces a guide to the rules of writing and documentation. The comma would go before the but and the head goes before the butt. Usually. :)