Grammar Book
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 3:09 am
As a former English and Journalism major, it is hard for me to admit, but I never really mastered grammar. I only had to take one class on it my freshman year of college and after it was over I completely erased it from my mind. That begin said, I consider myself to be a well above average writer, speller, etc., and have always been well above the average on writing assignments.
Anyways, this semester we are being tested constantly on grammar and writing composition in legal writing class and I feel like it is somewhat hurting my grades. It is not hard for me to construct sentences without grammatical errors but because I am unaware of all the nuances of grammar in the English language, it is difficult for me to fix sentences with those same errors (something we are asked to do almost daily, without any assigned readings or class instruction).
For the sake of my legal writing grade and simply my writing as a whole - does anyone have any advice on a solid advanced grammar book or a method to learning the nuances I am being tested on. I know its somewhat pathetic but I figure its now or never for learning this shit. Thanks.
Anyways, this semester we are being tested constantly on grammar and writing composition in legal writing class and I feel like it is somewhat hurting my grades. It is not hard for me to construct sentences without grammatical errors but because I am unaware of all the nuances of grammar in the English language, it is difficult for me to fix sentences with those same errors (something we are asked to do almost daily, without any assigned readings or class instruction).
For the sake of my legal writing grade and simply my writing as a whole - does anyone have any advice on a solid advanced grammar book or a method to learning the nuances I am being tested on. I know its somewhat pathetic but I figure its now or never for learning this shit. Thanks.