Monthly Archives: June 2011

Sources on grammar

I’ve been asked if I can recommend some sources on grammar for lawyers who want to improve their knowledge. Yes I can. I’ll start with websites:

Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL).

The Tongue Untied

Grammar Girl (Mignon Fogarty) and her Quick-and-Dirty Tips

And some books:

  • Mignon Fogarty, Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing (Holt 2008).
  • Patricia T. O’Conner, Woe is I: The Grammarphobe’s Guide to Better English in Plain English (Riverhead Books 1996).
  • Margaret Schertzer, The Elements of Grammar (Macmillan 1986).

And a reference: