Grammar and Writing

Checklists for Better Writing

• Revising: A Research Checklist by Mike Palmquist
• Editing: A Research Checklist by Mike Palmquist
• Drafting: A Research Checklist by Mike Palmquist

Andrea Lunsford's Top Twenty

A Quick Guide to Troubleshooting Your Writing

• Missing Word
• Unnecessary or missing capitalization
• Unnecessary comma
• Mechanical error with a quotation
• Spelling (including homonyms)
• Vague pronoun reference
• Incomplete or missing documentation
• Sentence fragment
• Missing comma after an introductory element
• Unnecessary or missing hyphen
• Poorly integrated quotation
• Lack of pronoun-antecedent agreement
• Comma splice
• Fused (run-on) sentence
• Unnecessary or missing apostrophe (including its/it's)
• Missing comma in a compound sentence
• Unnecessary shift in verb tense
• Missing comma with a nonrestrictive element
• Faulty sentence structure
• Wrong word

Tutorials

• Word Choice
• Verbs
• Subject-Verb Agreement
• Shifts
• Sentence Fragments
• Semicolon Usage
• Quotation Marks
• Pronoun Reference
• Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
• Parallel Structure
• Mixed Constructions
• Fused Sentences
• Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
• Comma Usage
• Comma Splices
• Apostrophe Usage
• Adjective and Adverb Usage

Research and Documentation

• Tips for Evaluating Sources
• Social Sciences
• Sciences
• List of Style Manuals
• Humanities
• History
• Glossary of Research Terms

Speaking and Listening

Sample Speeches

• Sample Speech 1
• Sample Speech 2
• Sample Speech 3
• Sample Speech 4
• Sample Speech 5
• Sample Speech 6
• Sample Speech 7
• Sample Speech 8
• Sample Speech 9

Speech Topics

• Chapter 24
• Chapter 25
• Chapter 26
• Chapter 28
• Chapter 30
• Chapter 32