Grammar is the structure and system of a language,

or the function of words and the way words are put together to make sentences.

 

 

Usage is the customary manner in which a language is spoken or written.

 

 

 

 

To put it simply, grammar is the study of the structure of the language and

 

 

 

usage is the practice of using the established rules about the structure

to communicate in a way that all speakers of the language understand.

 

So, one reason to know grammar and usage rules is for efficient communication. But there's more.

 

Did you know that employers and personnel directors connect poor grammatical usage with low intelligence and lack of competence? Yet, grammar knowledge has nothing to do with intelligence.

It is more likely that people who use "poor grammar" do so out of habit rather than out of low intelligence. 

And just as habits can be formed, they can be broken.

Research has shown that 90 percent of all errors in student writing come from only 20 grammar/usage items.

This section covers each and provides an explanation and examples that help correct each of these errors. 

You'll also find exercises for practice if the item is one on which you need work.

Just click and go to each. By correcting each error, you're giving yourself an opportunity to raise your future earning power...just by raising your grammar and usage IQ. 

You can click this button                                                    and work through each one in order 

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OR you can just click the item under the GRAMMAR & USAGE BASICS tab on the menu and set your own schedule.