I discovered, the other day, that Word has a nifty feature that might prove invaluable.
Find and replace.
Yes, I knew about the normal operation of “find and replace”, but I didn’t know you could use this feature to turn all words in italic to underlined instead. This would literally save hours and hours of work [...]

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I found this simple page of Some Dos and Don’ts in writing. Some of the things listed are common sense, but others may not be so well known.
However, one of them I didn’t understand at all and would appreciate some enlightenment. Maybe I’m not fully awake, although I should be it’s [...]

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I had to find some basic grammar and punctuation websites to post in a thread on my message board, and I thought it might be a good idea to place them here too.
I don’t believe a successful writer has to have talent. Anyone can learn to write, if they have the desire to do [...]

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As I stated yesterday, my weakness is passive sentences. The following links were supplied to me by one of the critters who felt I might benefit from them.
Active and Passive Verbs
The Passive Overview
Past Continuous
I’m sharing them with you, in case you could benefit too.

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In years gone by I was extremely good with punctuation. I always received top marks for comprehension and extra marks for presentation. However, with the introduction of the internet, I’ve found that I’ve become confused with some punctuation usage. I suppose reading a lot of American websites has done that.
Lately, I’ve been [...]

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Now this one is more for me, than you. These four words are a curse to me, because I cannot remember which word I should be useing. I’ve been told a million times, I had a friend send me a photocopy of the rule, but still I don’t know.
(Note: The following useages [...]

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The other day I shared some more unusual grammar terms with you. Today, I think we’ll return to the basics, because if you don’t know these…we’ve got a problem.
Adjective - is a describing word. It adds meaning to a noun or pronoun. fast car; windy day.
Adverb - adds meaning to a verb [...]

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Absolute Word - is complete in itself; it cannot be more or less. The judges decision is final. You cannot say or write more final. Some other absolute words are perfect, correct, alive, unique.
Alliteration - is the repetition of the first sounds in words. The fair breeze blew, the white form [...]

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I wrote this for the Writers Email Group and thought I’d put it here too.
I don’t swear…no, that’s not right, I rarely swear. If I do, people know I’m seriously angry…and run. Yet I know lots and lots of people, including women (and children), who swear on a daily basis (no matter what [...]

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I seem to be on a roll. The Grammar Slammer Complete Contents website provides help where anything to do with grammar is concerned. Take a look at the list if you don’t believe me. If you have a question about grammar, I’m sure you’ll find the answer on that page.

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