From ALL MY BEST
Business and Nonfiction Copyediting
Good news! For your convenience, these tips have been written in
plain English. You won't find fancy grammar terms here—just the occasional mention of relevant part(s) of speech.
(To refresh your memory, the eight parts of speech are nouns,
pronouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, articles, conjunctions
and prepositions.)
Spelling
How to make most nouns plural
How to make first or last names plural or possessive
and when to use an apostrophe
How to spell computer terms correctly (direct
link)
Punctuation
Placement of punctuation with ending quotation marks
Placement of ending punctuation inside or outside parentheses
Punctuation surrounding the word however
Use of commas or colons with such as and includes/including
When to use a comma before who or whom
Word Placement
Proper placement of not only in a sentence
Proper placement of only in a sentence
Word Usage Affect versus effect Imply versus infer It's versus its That versus who or whom Who versus whom; and whoever versus whomever
Clear, Concise Writing
Use of parallel structure in lists
Avoiding the use of there is and there are
Commonly misused words and phrases
(a myriad of, reoccur/reoccurring, more then, could care
less)
