Week
5: My Favorite Grammar Site
This might feel a little cheesy
and pretentious because I work there, but I love WSU Writing Center’s grammar
resources. Many students don’t realize what an awesome resource we have right
here on Weber’s website, and that is a shame. The website was updated this last
summer, and it is better than ever offering updated formatting helps and style
guides as well as the awesome “Grammar Brush-ups.”
What’s so fantastic about this
website is that not only are there descriptions of grammar concepts, but there
are real, human tutors explaining these concepts in short videos. These videos
cover everything from parts of speech to commas and punctuation to clauses and
sentence types.
They also have note cards that
quickly describe different grammar and punctuation rules. My favorite is the
comma note card (while there is an updated version somewhere—which I helped edit—this
one also works well). It goes over the six main comma rules with some fantastic
sentences.
This website is definitely geared
to English 1010 and lower level English classes; however, it’s always great to
get a good, solid base of information when it comes to English basics. I feel
as if many times grammar websites like to share the difficult, deep-doctrine
grammar that is not always useful. The Writing Center’s website provides the
most basic of the basics that everyone should know by heart. Also, it’s always
nice to watch a real person explain something instead of having to decipher
text or a handout by yourself.
Other good grammar sites are Grammarly and OWL Purdue for serious grammar help. If you just want a good grammar laugh, check out Facebook's "I am not a grammar cop. I am an English-language enthusiast."
For my grammar mistake, I found this gem on--I bet you will already guess it--E! News. I have found that this gossip site has a copious amount of hidden grammar mistakes, probably because we only read the headlines. Anyway, in this article they wrote "here" instead of "her."
Wow, I was unaware that Weber State had a website to help students with their writing. I have gone to the writing center for help before, but the website is something I will definitely be using! Thank you for letting us know.
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I did not realize that Weber State’s Writing Center had created a grammar site for students. I’m glad they took the initiative to do so. The grammar videos should be extra useful. I will have to have to check out the website.
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ReplyDeleteI have now spent way too much time on the "I Am Not a Grammar Cop" Facebook page. So great. Also, thank you for sharing the writing center as a resource. I truly have never even considered going there for help.
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