English Grammar and Style
This collection includes book and course recommendations, software you can use to assist your writing, blog posts, and blog reading suggestions from peers.
Themes vary from different grammar topics, sentence structure, possessives, adjective order, plurals, punctuation, capitalization, hyphens and dashes, and more.
Book Recommendations
Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe’s Guide to Better English in Plain English (Fourth Edition) by Patricia T. O’Conner.
The Chicago Guide to Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation by Bryan A. Garner.
Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style by Benjamin Dreyer.
The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications by Amy Einsohn.
Spunk & Bite: A Writer's Guide to Bold, Contemporary Style by Arthur Plotnik.
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Merriam-Webster.
Free & Paid Courses
Grammar Lion website [Ellen Feld]. Free and paid grammar resources.
Grammar Fundamentals. Editorial Freelancers Association; Online, self-paced. USD 190.
Grammarly. It offers suggestions and proposes grammar, spelling, and usage changes, and red flags for wordiness, style, punctuation, and tone.
Hemingway Editor. It focuses on style and readability. It improves your writing and does not check spelling mistakes like Grammarly on the free plan.
Consistency Checker from Perfectit. It scans your text for hyphenation inconsistencies, numbers that are both spelled out and appear in digits, spelling variations, compound words, and abbreviations in two forms.
Software & Tools
These software and tools are not always accurate and often make mistakes. Use with caution and discretion.