Interesting Blogs on Linguistics and Grammar

GRAMMAR BLOG
http://spandg.blogspot.com/
Grammar Blog approaches language oddities and mishaps with a lighthearted, irreverent tone. Gez Daring, Daniel Gray, and Tom Knowles started this blog as a continuation of the linguistic gibes they shared during their time at the Univ. of Newcastle upon Tyne, in England. Many posts include photographs of errors spotted in everything from literature to signage, to which the bloggers respond with often snarky corrections. Readers contribute their own photos of spelling errors and mistakes in grammar. While this is primary British English, there are useful and clever references to American English as well. You should enjoy and understand this despite the "other English."
MOTIVATED GRAMMAR
http://motivatedgrammar.wordpress.com/
Motivated Grammar abandons the traditional idea of grammar as a strict set of rules. Gabriel Doyle, graduate student in linguistics at UC, San Diego, rails against linguistic prescription, or the notion that arbitrary but established grammar standards should be closely followed. Each of Mr. Doyle's posts reads like a self-contained grammar lesson, posting a question, discussing the issue, and arriving at a conclusion. You'll enjoy this one!
LANGUAGE LOG
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll
Professors in linguistics, Mark Liberman of the Univ. of Pennsylvania and Geoffrey Pullum of the Univ. of Edinburgh started this blog in 2003. They and other contributors often touch on popular culture and current events in their discussion of language. With multiple posts each day, this blog covers a broad swath of linguistic issues. Translation and the comparison of language are popular topics on this blog, with one series of recent posts debating why English texts are much longer than their Chinese counterparts. Do some scrolling on this one, and you will be sure to find one of great interest which will give you something to really think about and come back for more. All three of these blogs were listed in the BLOG WATCH Section by Lydia Serota in the Wall Street Journal, Monday, June 9, 2008 in Section R16.

Posted by Robin Bosworth

Seven Secrets to Success in English 101

Seven Secrets to Success in English 101
By Richard Nordquist, About.com
http://grammar.about.com/od/yourwriting/a/freshcomptips.htm

Excellent tips on surviving English 101. There are tabs for Grammar & Composition Words & Sentences and Paragraphs & Essays. Good, solid advice.

Diagramming Sentences

http://members.cox.net/teachro/

Do you ever wish you had a site that will help with diagramming sentences? Here it is~!

Pronunciation Practice

http://www.englishclub.com

Grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, listening, speaking, reading, writing and ESL jokes.

English Grammar Secrets

http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/index.html

This is a good site for remedial grammar, including:

Present Continuous
Present Simple
Present Simple or Continuous
Past Simple
Past Continuous
Past Simple or Continuous
Irregular Verbs
Present Perfect
Present Perfect Continuous
Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous
Present Perfect or Past Simple
Past Perfect
Past Perfect Continuous
Past Review 1
Past Review 2
The Future - Going to
The Future - Will
Will or Going to
The Future - present forms
Will - other uses
Shall
The Imperative
The Passive
The -ing form
Can
Could
May/Might
Should
Should 2
Must /Have to
Zero Conditional
First Conditional
Second Conditional
Third Conditional
Wish
Had better
Used to
Questions 1
Questions 2
Question tags
Reported speech
Reported speech 2
Suppose
Suppose 2
Have something done
Should have
Can have / could have

Authors also have Web sites on the following topics: English Listening lessons
English Phrasal Verbs
English for Human Resources
English for Presentations
Business English Language

EFLNet

http://www.eflnet.com

This is a very comprehensive site for grammar and includes phrasal verbs, vocabulary and listening skills practice. Highly recommended.

grammar
phrasal verbs
vocabulary
links
listening (advanced)
reading (advanced)

CK's Listen and Repeat English

http://www.manythings.org/repeat/

Listen and Repeat to Learn Verb Conjugation and Pronunciation

Commonly Used Irregular Verbs
Adjectives for People
English Useful Expressions