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I'm trying to get a better understanding of grammar, I generally have a good sense of it, but everyone makes mistakes (except you, Anon).
Is there any books to help, besides just reading novels?
I honestly have no idea what defines an adjective, noun, pronoun, adverb, proverb, or whatever, unless I look it up. I use all these things on a daily basis and would like to remember what they taught me in 1st through 12th grade.
It's embarrassing to write papers in college and get feedback on the paper saying "Did not need to put an adverb here." and not know what they're talking about.

>> No.8492061

>>8492041
>adjective
something that describes a noun. the word "nice" in "a nice dick"
>noun
anything. literally. any person, place, thing, idea, etc.
>pronoun
a word that takes the place of nouns like "I", "he", "us", etc. Words like "who" and "what" are also sometimes pronouns
>adverb
a word that describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

it would probably be useful to either find a high-level english-language workbook or watch videos online for foreigners wanting to learn english

>> No.8492063

>>8492041
I too knew absolutely nothing about grammar after finishing high school (we were not taught it). I did an online course on it and it was surprisingly intense.

https://www.edx.org/course/english-grammar-style-uqx-write101x-2

>> No.8492066

>>8492061
is there really anything I need to know besides those 4 things?
because I can just save this post and read it whenever I feel confused, nice dick btw

>> No.8492069

For a brief overview https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/730/01/

>> No.8492071

>>8492066
a verb is an action, like the word "sucking" in "I was sucking a nice dick"
It's important to remember that the same word can be different parts of speech in various contexts.

But beyond that you generally wont need to know much more if you aren't studying languages

>> No.8492083

>>8492063
>>8492069
thanks for the links

>>8492071
Thank you, nice dick. I will forever have this thread as a cheat sheet for my papers.

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8492102

>>8492041
>>8492066
Your posts are already riddled with grammar errors.

This thread might think me a shill, but Grammarly is an incredible app. It has a nuanced distributed grammar- and even aesthetic-checking algorithm. It would identify everything from your pleonasms to incorrect comma use. As a computer app, it automatically checks everything from my emails to my 4chan posts.

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>>8492102
OP here, neither of those posts you replied to were me

>> No.8492140

>>8492041
This is the only time where recommending Hooked on Phonics is a helpful reply. You can probably find an old one on ebay cheap, you don't need the latest edition or anything.

>> No.8492150

>>8492041
oldfag here. I had the benefit of getting taught a lot of this during commercial breaks in my saturday morning cartoon shows. the catchy songs make you remember.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EicxQxzsW4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPoBE-E8VOc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwujmJvT8YE&list=ELwwLthb40x1A
you get the idea, there;s a bunch. and not just grammar

>> No.8492284

>>8492041
Get yourself a Manual of Style from The Chicago Press. It's quite literally the Bible of English grammar.

>> No.8492864

Read A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language, The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, and the Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English and if you want you can read Functional Grammar: An Introduction.
>t. English major

>> No.8492878

>>8492041
Just do what your TAs and professors say. It's all relative and your boss/editor will tell you what to do after college. It's all bullshit, just roll with it and trust your own sense of language and style. Pedants don't know anything about writing anything worth reading.