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ONLINE RESOURCES GRAMMAR, WORD USAGE AND STYLE HELP The following Web sites offer free instruction and interactive assessment for a wide range of grammar and style issues, from basic sentence structure to subject-verb agreement to AP style and spelling. A site from the Capitol Community College Foundation offers a thorough selection of interactive tutorials and quizzes on grammar and punctuation. University of Oregon journalism professor John Russial has put together "Tongue Untied," an excellent online course in sentence structure and grammar, which includes interactive exercises and quizzes. Ron Hartung's Newsroom 101 offers self-instructional exercises in grammar, usage and AP style. EditTeach.org, a site administered by Deb Gump at Ohio University (she's the Knight Chair in Editing), has links to a range of helpful sites, including sites on grammar, spelling, word usage, current events and headline writing. Interested in landing a Dow Jones editing or reporting internship? You'll have to pass the application test first. To help you, this site offers sample tests and answer sheets from the last nine years. This site includes more than 100 interactive quizzes on grammar, word usage, AP style and current and historical events. |
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