grammar goodies

national grammar day may officially only last 24 hours, but i think it deserves an entire week…or at least a few days. to continue in the fun started on sunday, i’ve rounded up some of the fun grammar    resources that have popped around the web.

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online universities did us all a favor and collected 100 fun and informative blog posts that every grammar geek should bookmark. they are even categorized into handy groups: parts of speech, punctuation, word choice, style, usage, myth-busting, word origins, and just for fun. great browsing for anyone who cares about using the English language properly.

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if you prefer your grammar in 140 character bites, check out these popular twitter grammarians:

          @grammarmonster—lots of factoids about our lovely language.

          @apstylebook—the essential style guide remains the best place to take specific style questions.

          @grammargirl—mignon fogarty’s podcast episodes are just as fun and helpful as her tweets.

          @copyblogger—great resource for any writer who wants to continually improve.

          @grammarsnark—laugh at this bad grammar and “drunken proofreading” in professional writing.

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i love interactive tools, and Visuwords™ online graphical dictionary is one of my favorites. more than just an addictive vocabulary builder, the active and colorful display shows words’ relationship to other words and concepts both in part of speech and in meaning. awesome sauce!

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and, of course, you can always rely on schoolhouse rock to offer catchy grammar-themed tunes. can you remember all the words to this classic?