[justcurious55]

Part of my Writing final the semester will be what my teacher calls a diagnostic. He gives us about 50 multiple choice questions. It'll ask us things like which sentence is most clear and concise, word word is misspelled or misused (ex/ effect vs. affect), or ask questions with comma splices or misused semi colons. We've been doing them every couple of weeks in class but I haven't been doing as well as I'd like to on them and I was hoping maybe someone knew of some good websites where I could go for more studying/practice tests. This is for a college writing class (I feel like by now I really should know this stuff but I still don't).

[Wondergirl]

I have the perfect site for you:

http://www.grammarmudge.cityslide.com/Home.html

All you have to do is visit it and soak up grammar. The site is run by a college English teacher who has also worked as an editor. I've known him for about nine years; he has "taught" grammar on other Q&A sites too. His site has various "pages" about grammar rules and explanations, plus, if you register, you will be able to post on any of the five boards.

[justcurious55]

Thank you wondergirl! I had a feeling you'd know :)

[hkstroud]

I am no English major and its been a long time since 10th grade English. I know you didn't ask for a critique but here are few things you may want to consider. Wondergirl can probably find a number of errors.



Part of my Writing final the semester will be what my teacher calls a diagnostic.

Part of my final writing composition examination for the semester will be what my teacher calls a diagnostic questions.
1. Writing should not be capitalized.
2. Writing is not a noun, it's a verb, adjective or adverb. In this case, an
adjective modify a noun that is missing. You will be given an
examination. What kind of examination? A writing composition
examination .
3. Diagnostic is also an adjective. It most often describes the reason
or purpose for doing something to be to gather information. In this
case you will be given a section or series of questions for the
purpose of diagnosing areas you need to improve in your
writing.



He gives us about 50 multiple choice questions.

He will give us about 50 multiple-choice questions.

1. Watch your tenses, past, present, future. He is not giving you questions
now but he will in the future. Use the future tense. Multiple choice is a
hyphenated adjective. A spell check would have caught that for you..

It'll ask us things like which sentence is most clear and concise, word word is misspelled or misused (ex/ effect vs. affect), or ask questions with comma splices or misused semi colons.

He will ask us questions like which sentence is the most clear. Which sentence is the most concise? We will also be asked which word or words are misspelled or misused, i.e. effect vs. affect. We will be given questions with comma splices and misused semi colons.

1. He and she are the personal pronouns. “It” cannot ask anything. Use the correct pronoun.
2. Again the use of spell check would have caught the double word typo.
3. Parentheses are use to enclose a parenthetical phrase. A parenthetical
phrase is one that can be take out without the sentence losing any meaning.
The meaning of the abbreviation i.e is, that is (to say). It can also be use to
show an example.
4. You could be ask questions like which question is the most clear. You
could be ask questions like which question is the most concise. The most
clear question might not be the most concise. When there is an apparent
conflict separate into two statements or questions.

5. Avoid the long, run on sentence, it only serves to confuse you and the
reader and makes punctuation difficult.



We've been doing them every couple of weeks in class but I haven't been doing as well as I'd like to on them and I was hoping maybe someone knew of some good websites where I could go for more studying/practice tests.

We have been doing this in class every couple of weeks. I haven't doing as well as I would like. I am hoping that someone knows of some good websites to which I could go for study/practice test.

1. Knew is past tense, you want
someone who knows now. Watch your tenses. Studying is a verb, study as
used is an adjective modifying test. Here you are trying to say three things
in one sentence, separate into to three statements.



This is for a college writing class (I feel like by now I really should know this stuff but I still don't).

This is for a college writing class. I think I should know this stuff by now but I don't.

1. Incorrect use of parenthesis. You could not remove the expression without
effectively changing the sentence. It is a thought not a feeling.