Grammar Girl - quick and dirty editing cheat sheet

[Brian G Turner]

A few general pointers for tidying up prose. Some of which may even be useful for fiction writers.

Grammar Girl : Grammar Girl's Editing Checklist :: Quick and Dirty Tips

 

[Devon.Q.Ly]

That's an awesome list. Thanks Brian.

I did see the parallel construction article the other day... still trying to wrap my head around it.

 

[Juliana]

I'm definitely guilty of some of these. Like drifting into unecessary passive, and mixing up its/it's!

 

[barrett1987]

Yeah - Grammar is one of those things i'm always working on. Cheers for the list. It'll help!

 

[Pwaa]

Good tips here, I'm a comma whore sometimes, maybe I should stop.