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Towson University: Ows: Apostrophe Use Exercise 3
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on the use of Apostrophes.
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Towson University: Online Writing Support: Parts of Speech Exercise 1
In this exercise/quiz, students will determine the parts of speech for each word in three separate sentences.
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Towson University: Online Writing Support: Parts of Speech Exercise 2
In this exercise/quiz, students will determine the parts of speech for each word in two separate sentences.
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Towson University: Ows: Parts of Speech Exercise 1
This is a 3-question, multi- part, self-grading quiz/exercise labeling the Parts of Speech.
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Towson University: Online Writing Support: Adverbs
This entry focuses on adverbs including the questions they answer, "-ly" adverbs, flat adverbs, and comparative and superlative adverbs.
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Towson University: Online Writing Support: Interrogatives
This entry focuses on interrogatives: who, what, when, why, where, which, whom, whose, how. It includes an explanation of their use and examples.
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Towson University: Ows: Usage Exercises
This is a list of links to grammar usage exercises/quizzes including verbs, subject-verb agreement, pronouns, pronoun-antecedent agreement, parallel structure, modifier placement, and miscellaneous usage errors.
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Towson University: Online Writing Support: Usage Pronoun Antecedent Agreement
This entry provides the nine rules for pronoun-antecedent agreement and examples for each.
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Towson University: Online Writing Support: Verbs
This entry focuses on types of verbs and their functions including action, auxiliary, linking, regular and irregular, transitive and intransitive, and indicative, imperative, and subjunctive mood. It explains and provides examples of each.
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Towson University: Ows: Self Teaching Unit: Faulty Pronoun Reference
This lesson focuses on faulty pronoun antecedents and how to correct them including the various types of errors, examples, and links to exercises and a final quiz.
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Towson University: Online Writing Support: Capitalization Rules
This entry provides the rules for capitalization, examples of each rule, and exceptions where they exist.L.11-12.2 Cap/Punc/Spell
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Towson University: Online Writing Support: Usage
This entry provides links to usage entries such as misplaced modifiers, subject-verb agreement, pronoun-antecedent agreement, etc.
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Towson University: Commonly Confused Words: Then and Than
This entry explains the difference in meaning and usage of the words "then" and "than," gives examples of each, and provides a link to a page of practice exercises.