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How to FIND common errors. Verify each and every punctuation mark. Read backwards to match each pronoun with its base-word. Read backwards to match each verb with its true subject. Check if a phrase is next to what it modifies. Locate the second of a pair of "pair-enthetical" commas. Check capitalization, abbreviations, numerals, and spelling. Read, perhaps out loud, for nuance and gender neutrality.   How to FIX common errors. Grammar is now a 50/50 choice. Pick one of two. Pick the choice, A or B, depending on the situation. See the wrong way and the right way, X or Y. Pick a stylebook: general usage or journalism, G or J. A a conjunction comma He said yes, but he meant no.     B a period for emphasis He said yes. But he meant no.   X the Smith's (WRONG)   Y the Smiths (plural)   G Use e-mail. (The Chicago Manual of Style: 16)   J Use email. (New: Associated Press, 2011)

Sample Pages [it's OR its, the Smith's OR the Smiths, the Smiths' home OR the witches brew, princess' OR princess's, that or which, modifiers before a noun, quotation marks] Online exercises Grammar Matters Order Here A-or-B Grammar The Rolfe Press, 2011, 28+iv tightly packed pages, $10 SALE! Prices include Free Shipping! opt.1 - single copy SALE [ppd; IL tax incl.] $9.00 opt.2 - 3+ copies SALE $7.00 opt.3 - teacher/advisor examination copy $5.00   Professor Avi Bass (abass@niu.edu), Northern Illinois University. A-or-B Grammar ©azb 2011 Short URL: Grammar.NewsPlace.org

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