The Grammar Mechanics: Recent Episodes

Steve Ayers

A blog for teaching grammar the practical way.

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The blog post is available at Language Lover: 3 Quick Editing Tips

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The blog post is available at Language Lover: What is a Semicolon Tattoo?

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This episode is also available at Language Lover: How to Find Verbs Using the Tense Trick

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This episode is also available as a blog post at Language Lover: When Should I Use a Semicolon?

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This episode is also available as a blog post at Language Lover: What is a Predicate?

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This episode is also available as the blog post What is Grammar?

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This episode is also available as a blog post:   

https://languagelover.org/what-is-a-predicate/

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This episode is also available as a blog post: https://languagelover.org/commas-with-and/

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In this episode, we explore where punctuation should go when you use quotation marks.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://thegrammarmechanics.com/how-to-use-punctuation-for-quotes/

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To get students to like grammar focus on students doing grammar over learning through definitions and rules

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://thegrammarmechanics.com/4-ways-to-make-students-like-grammar/

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This episode is also available as a blog post: https://thegrammarmechanics.com/comma-where-you-pause/

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This episode is also available as a blog post: https://thegrammarmechanics.com/what-is-a-semi-colon-tattoo/

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This episode is also available as a blog post: https://thegrammarmechanics.com/grammar-nerd/

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This episode is also available as a blog post: https://thegrammarmechanics.com/have-semicolon-rules-changed/

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This episode is also available as a blog post: https://thegrammarmechanics.com/should-i-use-an-oxford-comma/

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Although teachers told us not to do this, there are times when you should start a sentence with and.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://thegrammarmechanics.com/can-you-start-a-sentence-with-and/

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This episode is also available as a blog post: https://thegrammarmechanics.com/make-students-like-learning-grammar/