http://grammar.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com Grammar & Composition GuideSite. http://z.about.com/f/lg/s10.gif http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2008-05-14T04:15:11Z hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://grammar.about.com/b/2008/05/16/brevity-first-then-clarity-lucas-on-style.htm Acording to British critic F. L. Lucas, "Style has got a bad name." Too often, he said, style is "associated with precious and superior persons who, like Oscar Wilde, spend... http://grammar.about.com/b/2008/05/16/brevity-first-then-clarity-lucas-on-style.htm 2008-05-16T00:05:31Z http://grammar.about.com/b/2008/05/14/listing.htm In his remarkable essay on the conjunction "AND" (Habitations of the Word, 1985), author William H. Gass describes the list (or series) as "one of the essential elements of a... http://grammar.about.com/b/2008/05/14/listing.htm 2008-05-14T04:15:11Z http://grammar.about.com/b/2008/05/12/visit-an-online-writing-lab.htm For many college students, the most welcoming spot on campus is the writing center--a place where trained tutors offer individual assistance on all aspects of the composing process. If you... http://grammar.about.com/b/2008/05/12/visit-an-online-writing-lab.htm 2008-05-12T07:15:30Z http://grammar.about.com/b/2008/05/09/whats-the-difference.htm Our Glossary of Usage contains 70 sets of commonly confused words. Of course you know the difference between such similar-sounding words as affect and effect, conscience and conscious, lightening and... http://grammar.about.com/b/2008/05/09/whats-the-difference.htm 2008-05-09T05:07:45Z http://grammar.about.com/b/2008/05/07/growing-up-with-an-editor.htm "What most writers need," said long-time New Yorker journalist Lillian Ross, "is not another writer but an editor--someone to talk to about their work, someone capable of giving guidance and... http://grammar.about.com/b/2008/05/07/growing-up-with-an-editor.htm 2008-05-07T04:26:05Z http://grammar.about.com/b/2008/05/05/exercising-at-grammar-composition.htm With final exams approaching, a little exercise may be in order. Here at About Grammar & Composition, tucked away among the ads (also known as "sponsored links" and "offers"), you'll... http://grammar.about.com/b/2008/05/05/exercising-at-grammar-composition.htm 2008-05-05T05:56:47Z http://grammar.about.com/b/2008/05/02/why-study-grammar.htm If you're reading this page, it's a safe bet that you know English grammar. That is, you know how to put words together in a sensible order and add the... http://grammar.about.com/b/2008/05/02/why-study-grammar.htm 2008-05-02T00:19:14Z http://grammar.about.com/b/2008/04/30/first-aid-for-writers-jargon-busting.htm Some refer to it as gobbledygook. Others call it gibberish, drivel, claptrap, nonsense, or mumbo jumbo. Almost a century ago, in his lecture series On the Art of Writing (reprinted... http://grammar.about.com/b/2008/04/30/first-aid-for-writers-jargon-busting.htm 2008-04-30T01:10:35Z http://grammar.about.com/b/2008/04/28/language-facts-figures-writing-technology-teens.htm This month's roundup of facts, figures, and wild hunches is based on a study, released on April 24, of the effects of electronic communications on the writing habits of teenagers.... http://grammar.about.com/b/2008/04/28/language-facts-figures-writing-technology-teens.htm 2008-04-28T01:52:46Z http://grammar.about.com/b/2008/04/25/horrible-words-british-edition.htm "Words that are horrible to one writer may not be horrible to another," says John Grimond in The Economist Style Guide (Profile Books, 2005). "But if you are a writer... http://grammar.about.com/b/2008/04/25/horrible-words-british-edition.htm 2008-04-25T03:59:10Z