I was surfing the web when I found TheOatmeal.com. Absolutely hilarious site, with things like a quiz on how many Biebers you can take on (37!) and whether or not your cat is looking to kill you. The main thing though that drew my attention is the following links:
<a href='http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>10 Words you need to stop misspelling</a>
<a href='http://theoatmeal.com/comics/semicolon' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>The usage of semicolon</a>
<a href='http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apostrophe' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>The usage of apostrophes</a>
<a href='http://theoatmeal.com/comics/ie' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>When to use i.e.</a>
While misspelling words are USUALLY caught by spellcheck, they don't check for things like affect vs. effect, and knowing the proper usage of such words helps a lot (which also is misspelled as alot a lot). My favorites out of those four though are the usage of semicolon and i.e.. I really didn't understand the proper usage of those two things until I took a look at that comic strip. Best part is, it's so hilarious that after reading it you retain most of it, whereas if you read it out of a textbook you'd dump it all as soon as you close the covers.
<a href='http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>10 Words you need to stop misspelling</a>
<a href='http://theoatmeal.com/comics/semicolon' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>The usage of semicolon</a>
<a href='http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apostrophe' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>The usage of apostrophes</a>
<a href='http://theoatmeal.com/comics/ie' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>When to use i.e.</a>
While misspelling words are USUALLY caught by spellcheck, they don't check for things like affect vs. effect, and knowing the proper usage of such words helps a lot (which also is misspelled as alot a lot). My favorites out of those four though are the usage of semicolon and i.e.. I really didn't understand the proper usage of those two things until I took a look at that comic strip. Best part is, it's so hilarious that after reading it you retain most of it, whereas if you read it out of a textbook you'd dump it all as soon as you close the covers.