Grammar Corner

Grammar: it often feels like the hardest part of the entire writing process. To help, we’ve compiled a list of some of the most frequently searched grammar terms and provided links to answer those questions. If we’ve missed one, or you’d like to add a link to a helpful grammar hint, email us at writersafterdark@gmail.com

 

 

A

• Accept and Except 
• Adjectives and Adverbs
• Advice and Advise 
• Affect vs. Effect   
• A lot, Alot, and Allot
• Alright vs. All Right 
• Among or Amongst 
• Apostrophe and Plurals 
• Adverbs—Don’t Ban All of Them!

B

• Between vs. Among  
• Blond vs. Blonde
• Breathe vs. Breath 
• Bring vs. Take 

C

• Can and May 
• Capitalization Rules 
• Comma 
• Complement and Compliment 
• Contractions—Correct Usage
• Could have or Could of 

D

• Dialogue Punctuation Rules 
• Do’s and Don’ts  

E

• Either and Neither 
• Ellipsis Rules 
• Em dash 
• En dash 
• Ensure, Assure, and Insure  

F

• Farther vs. Further 
• Fewer vs. Less  

G

• Good vs. Well 
• Gray and Grey 

H

• Hone In vs. Home In  
• Hyphen 

I

• I.e. versus E.g.
• Interruptions in Fiction—parentesis, dashes, commas
• Into vs. In To 
• Its and It’s 
• Irregardless—Is It a Word?

J

• Judgement vs. Judgment 

K

•   Kill or Murder

L

• Lay vs. Lie (vs. Laid)
• Learned and Learnt
• Let and Let’s
• Like vs. As 
• Loose vs. Lose 

M

• Many, Much, a Lot of, Lots of: Quantifiers 
• Me or I 
• Moot and Mute  

N

• Numbers—Writing Them Correctly in Fiction  

O

• Onto, Into, and Up to

P

• Passed and Past 
• Peak vs. Peek vs. Pique 
• Presume vs. Assume 
• Punctuation in Dialogue  

Q

• Quotation Marks (in Dialogue)
• Quotation Marks or Italics? 

R

•  Regard or Regards 

S

• Semicolons 
• Should have or Should of
• Snuck or Sneaked 
• Supposedly vs. Supposably  

T

• That, Who, or Which 
• Then vs. Than 
• They’re, Their, or There? 
• Too and To  
• Toward vs. Towards  

U

• Unloyal or Disloyal  
• Upmost vs. Utmost  

V

• Versus, vs., or v. 

W

• Wether, Weather, and Whether 
• Who vs. Whom
• Who’s vs. Whose  

X

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Y

• Your vs. You’re  

Z

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