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English Online Writing Courses

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Writing courses are offered for a fee in Writing Essentials, Business Writing, Technical Writing, and Resume Writing.

Guide to Grammar and Writing Index

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Presented by Professor Charles Darling of Capital Community College, this index to Grammar and Writing and The Principles of Composition is thorough and many topics include a PowerPoint presentation and quiz to check understanding. Some topics covered are: types of essays, the research paper, fragments, coherence, avoiding redundancy and sexism, and many more.

Basic Sentence Patterns and Types

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From the web site Online Technical Writing: Basic Patterns and Elements of the Sentence. Discusses and gives examples of the different types of sentence patterns in English.

Writing at About.com

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Learning how to write and tools to improving writing skills for a variety of purposes including: formal and informal writing, essay writing, business documents, using writing to improve grammar skills and more.

Writing Tips Paragraph Builder - Writing DEN

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Learn the parts of the paragraph, how to write a paragraph, and about the different types of a paragraphs.

University of Ottawa - Writing Paragraphs

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Learn to outline, write topic sentences, write coherent and unified sentences, and develop your paragraph.

Verb Tense Consistency

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"One of the first things any reader likes to know is when what you're telling them about takes place. You don't want to confuse your reader, right? So while you're talking about the same event (or group of events), make sure you stick to a single general tense--past, present, or future."

Verb Tense Shifts

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This web site presents a definition of verb tense shift, provides examples of both incorrect and correct sentences, and discusses tense shifts in reported speech and dependent clauses.