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    Add me to the list of people with a version saved to hard drive. Excellent work, Ludens.

    I do wonder why they don't teach this kind of practical information in the UK, considering that grammar is the basic structure of our language. Axeknight should count himself lucky, I never even got 'advanced work' like Jill's trip to the zoo. Grammar quite simply wasn't taught, nor was spelling.

    I think that the single and double speechmarks may have started as an English/American preference as Ludens said, but now it is a matter of preference. I suspect it has been like this for a few decades. I prefer to use the double because the single speech mark is identical to the apostrophe and this can lead to confusion.

    Your idea for a thread discussing the assorted technicalities of writing is a good one. It appears the interest is here.
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    Great Information Ludens, very helpful indeed!

    Working on this thread, I got the idea of a writer's recources topic with links and guides for better writing. We could put this guide in it, and perhaps I could do some more on punctuation. What do you think?
    I think that is a great idea. A thread like that would be perfect and may just encourage more people to try their hand at posting here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by frogbeastegg
    I do wonder why they don't teach this kind of practical information in the UK, considering that grammar is the basic structure of our language. Axeknight should count himself lucky, I never even got 'advanced work' like Jill's trip to the zoo. Grammar quite simply wasn't taught, nor was spelling.
    I am beginning to be taught grammar at my 6th form for the first time although it is only the theory of grammar, when to use superlatives and such nonsense. The basics were just trial and error, if you had a big X on your English work you had to ask the teacher what you did wrong.

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    Three books I found very helpful during university:

    The Oxford Guide to Writing
    Chicago Manual of Style
    Prentice-Hall: Handbook for Writers

    Thorough, easy to navigate, and cover pretty much any question regarding grammar, punctuation and style...but none as tightly focused as Ludens' guide
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