Grammar

Here is a link to a survey one of my student assistants hopes you will look at and respond to:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeJhrepWcxnn-8fJ-mWsbr-til0cvZtKtjIAaT2Lxjro1drhQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

You should familiarize yourself with this list. https://www.talkenglish.com/vocabulary/top-50-prepositions.aspx#google_vignette. There are many such lists, just Google “Common Prepositions.”

In case you want more.

Here is the ELG Knowledge Quiz due next Wednesday. Please enjoy.

Think about it.

This is the course blog for Tom Kinsella’s grammar class at Stockton University, Fall 2024. Let the fun begin.

American typographic convention, used throughout the American system of higher education, calls for commas and periods to come before the final, closing quotation mark, not after.

not. Asked what short story she had read most frequently, she
chose “A Rose for Emily”.

not. I’d like to rework the spelling of the word “squirrel”.

not. Don’t ask, “What can my nation do for me”?

not. When the poster read “Buy Potatoes”, did you believe it meant sell?

Asked what short story she had read most frequently, she chose
“A Rose for Emily.”

I’d like to rework the spelling of the word “squirrel.”

Ask, “What can I do for my nation?”

When the poster read “Buy Potatoes,” did you believe it meant sell?

Hard at work.

Here is a quiz in Word format that you should review, answer, and bring to class on Wednesday, September 13.