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I'm not very good at grammar and syntax which is a problem if you want to be a writer.
I've taken the grammar course at Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar
I was impressed at the quality of the course but I think it's aimed at noobs. This taught me that I suffer from "comma splices."
I've taken published works by famous authors, stripped out all of the punctuation and then tested myself by putting it back in and checking it against the original. This was less helpful than I thought it would be.
So that's were I am now.
At some point I'm going to have to vary the length and format my sentences so that readers aren't bored, and I'll need a good grasp of the language for that. Right now I don't have the confidence to do that so most of my sentences are simple, once in a while I'll use a compound.
If there's some online grammar and punctuation tests, I think that would help. I found one or two small ones.
Anyone know where I can find more online tests? Or maybe some advice on how to learn punctuation?
I've taken the grammar course at Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar
I was impressed at the quality of the course but I think it's aimed at noobs. This taught me that I suffer from "comma splices."
I've taken published works by famous authors, stripped out all of the punctuation and then tested myself by putting it back in and checking it against the original. This was less helpful than I thought it would be.
So that's were I am now.
At some point I'm going to have to vary the length and format my sentences so that readers aren't bored, and I'll need a good grasp of the language for that. Right now I don't have the confidence to do that so most of my sentences are simple, once in a while I'll use a compound.
If there's some online grammar and punctuation tests, I think that would help. I found one or two small ones.
Anyone know where I can find more online tests? Or maybe some advice on how to learn punctuation?
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