Here are online answers to many frequently asked questions about writing. Follow the links below to find the solution to your problem.

• General Writing Concerns
  • Planning/Starting to Write
    • Planning (Invention)
    • Planning (Invention): When you start to write
    • Planning (Invention): Thought Starters (Asking the Right Question)
  • Editing and Proofreading
    • Editing and Proofreading Strategies for Revision
    • Higher Order Concerns (HOCs) and Later Order Concerns (LOCs)
    • Proofreading for Commas
    • Proofreading Strategies
    • Proofreading Your Paper
    • Steps in Editing Your Papers        

• Coherence
  • Coherence
  • Transitional Devices (Connecting Words)
  • Strategies for Improving Sentence Clarity
  • The Paragraph
  • Paragraphing
• Other Concerns
  • Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
• Punctuation
  • Overview of Punctuation
    • Brief Overview of Punctuation: Semicolons, Colons, Parentheses, Dash, Quotation Marks, and Italics: exercise and answer key
  • Sentence Punctuation
    • Sentence Punctuation Patterns
    • Run-ons, Comma splices, and Fused Sentences
  • Commas
    • Commas after Introductions: exercise and answer key
    • Commas vs. Semicolons in Compound Sentences: exercise and answer key
    • Commas with Non-essential Elements: 3 exercises and answer keys
    • Proofreading for Commas
    • Using Commas: 5 exercises and answer keys
  • Quotation Marks
    • Quotation Marks: exercise and answer key
  • Apostrophes
• The Apostrophe: exercise and answer keyPunctuation
  • Hyphens
    • Using Hyphens
• Parts of Speech
  • Nouns
    • Count and NonCount Nouns (with Plurals, Articles, and Quantity Words): 2 exercises and answer keys
    • Count and NonCount Nouns (with Articles and Adjectives): exercise and answer key
  • Pronouns
    • Using Pronouns Clearly
    • Pronoun Case
  • Verbs
    • Verb Tenses
    • Verbals: Gerunds, Participles, and Infinitives
  • Adjectives and Adverbs
    • Adjective or Adverb?: 2 exercises and answer keys
    • Adjectives with Countable and Uncountable Nouns

• Prepositions
  • Prepositions of Direction: To, On(to), In(to)
  • Prepositions of Time, of Place, and to Introduce Objects

• Other Writing Concerns
  • Non-Sexist Language
  • Accept/Except and Affect/Effect: 2 exercises and answer keys
  • A+ Research and Writing for High School and College Students
  • Common Words That Sound Alike
  • I Before E: 2 exercises and answer keys       
• Research Papers                                                 
• Citation Information
• Other Online Sources
  • Roget's Online Thesaurus
  • Elements of Style                                              
  • Bartlett's Quotations
  • HyperGrammar
  • Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
  • Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL)