Grammar Discussion Board

This board is for discussion of the English language – grammar, usage, and related topics.  To ask questions about English as a second language, please visit the ESL Board.  If you wish to discuss other topics, please go to the general Message Board.  For topics related to education in general, please use the Education Board.  To discuss literature and literary topics, please visit the Literature Board.

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  Topic Posts Started By Last Post Date
Topic "in" or "worth of" 2 weave
CeeBee
4-Jul-2008 10:45 AM
Topic Headline Titles in Newspapers 3 homerfarmsby
CeeBee
4-Jul-2008 10:44 AM
Topic Bulleted Copy 2 weave
CeeBee
3-Jul-2008 09:01 PM
Topic State Postal Service Abbreviations 5 homerfarmsby
Pogo
3-Jul-2008 11:22 AM
Topic Praise for this site! 8 weave
Pogo
3-Jul-2008 09:27 AM
Topic ordinal number 5 weave
ed2345
3-Jul-2008 09:25 AM
Topic CMOS--Numbers Qstn 6 weave
Pogo
3-Jul-2008 09:02 AM
Topic commas & hyphens 2 lou
Pogo
2-Jul-2008 11:47 AM
Topic dryer/drier 3 weave
Pogo
2-Jul-2008 11:45 AM
Topic SV Agmt with "PAIRS" 3 weave
TheMudge
1-Jul-2008 08:56 PM
Topic Punctuation Q2 4 homerfarmsby
TheMudge
1-Jul-2008 02:07 PM
Topic DA 2 homerfarmsby
lou
1-Jul-2008 11:42 AM
Topic Punctuation Q 2 homerfarmsby
Pogo
1-Jul-2008 11:09 AM
Topic NY Daily News Style 2 weave
TheMudge
1-Jul-2008 06:43 AM
Topic Between him and me OR He and I? 2 lou
TheMudge
1-Jul-2008 05:58 AM
Topic One quick question. 2 weave
CeeBee
30-Jun-2008 06:51 PM
Topic Placement of Only within a Sentence 14 vic
CeeBee
30-Jun-2008 06:49 PM
Topic "Shipping and handling is free" 3 vic
Pogo
30-Jun-2008 02:04 PM
Topic pronoun q 3 mismod
Pogo
30-Jun-2008 01:57 PM
Topic Report-writing question 2 lou
CeeBee
29-Jun-2008 06:55 PM
Topic in to (into) the database 4 weave
CeeBee
29-Jun-2008 05:50 PM
Topic One more ... 4 weave
CeeBee
29-Jun-2008 05:17 PM
Topic A who/whom question 8 Dalton
ed2345
29-Jun-2008 04:55 PM
Topic Det. Sgts. 2 weave
CeeBee
28-Jun-2008 08:09 PM
Topic Dos and don'ts, How Tos, I dos 3 mismod
derekb27
28-Jun-2008 02:53 PM

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