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Humanities Grammar Handbook
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fragments 7 Run-on sentences 8 Verb agreement 13 Passive voice 15 ESL 17 Misplaced modifiers 18 Pronoun reference 20a Comparisons 21 Parallel construction 23 Commas 23d Sexist language 25/6 Semicolons & colons 29 Ellipsis 31 Brackets 35 Apostrophes 36 Abbreviations 37 Underlining 39 Numbers 41b Slang 41e Jargon 41f Pretentious language 42c Idioms 42e Clichés 43a Fluff |
The Humanities Grammar Handbook is meant as a brief reference tool to help you with common grammatical errors. Section numbers refer to Dornan and Dawe, The Brief English Handbook 6th Edition (New York: Harper Collins, 2001), where you will find these and other principles of good writing spelled out at greater length.
For more general advice on writing your paper, see the Writing Workshop. For a sample fictional 5-paragraph essay by an invented student which is marked based on what needs improving, see the Online Tutor.
