Sunday, December 31, 2006

Just the Word

On the blog, English Jack, which offers thoughtful and sometimes thought provoking discussion of grammar points, is a list of tools. He links to one tool that I think could prove useful. The site Just the Word provides a way to look up words with their common collocations in different patterns. Use the link, Getting Started, to see how it works or, better yet, type in a word in the box and explore.

Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Correction about Guide to Grammar and Writing

I wrote too soon it seems. Guide to Grammar and Writing remains available. Some of the former links don't work, but this one does http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/.
As Ronald Reagan said, "trust but verify", and I forgot the second part, to verify.