Grammar

__**Grammar And Style Tutorials**__

[|Introductory Elements and Commas]

[|Who/Whom]

__**Style**__ [|Eliminating Wordiness] [|Kurt Vonnegut: How to Write With Style] [|HP Lovecraft's Advice to Aspiring Writers] [|F. Scott Fitzgerald On The Secret of Good Writing] [|10 Tips on Writing from original "Mad Man" David Ogilvy]

- Semicolons - require complete thoughts on both sides of the semicolon - generally closely related sentences. For example: "The teacher was irritated by losing class time to the fire drill; the students appreciated it."

- Literary present tense - always write about lit in the present tense - for example, Julius Caesar is always being stabbed on the Ides of March in Shakespeare's play.

- "This," used alone, is not acceptable in intelligent writing.

Joe often makes frustrated and bored fidgeting movements during class; this irritates Mrs. Izzo to no end. instead: "such disrespect"