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Grammar & Style

With linguistics comes a lot of sentence diagramming, but when studying linguistics, we cannot forget that punctuation and style are also essential parts of the writing process. In Composition and Grammar: For HCC by HCC, you can find resources for different modes of writing, ways to consider your audience, and proper ways to punctuate your sentences.

Composition and Grammar: For HCC by HCC

For help with punctuation and style, review the PDFs linked on this page for Chapters 16, 17, and 18 from Composition and Grammar: For HCC by HCC

  • End Punctuation

  • Commas

  • Semicolons

  • Colons

  • Apostrophes

  • Hyphens

  • Dashes

  • Parentheses

  • Ellipsis

  • Brackets

  • Quotation marks

  • Italics

  • Verb Errors

  • Pronoun Problems

  • Run-on/Fused Sentences

  • Commas Splices

  • Sentence Fragments

  • Mixed Sentences

  • Commonly Confused Words

  • Person

  • Voice

  • Diction

  • Clarity and Conciseness

  • Tone

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