Writing Exercises for Engineers and Scientists

Review of Definitions Parts of Speech (1) Parts of Speech (2) Phrases and Clauses Films: Skills Tests: Grammar Punctuation Usage Key for Skills Tests: Grammar Key Punctuation Key Usage Key

These exercises are designed to help you, the engineer or scientist, master various mechanical and stylistic aspects of engineering writing and scientific writing. For these exercises to work, please do not have your browser override the selection of colors. Exercises on Grammar Grammar #1: Run-Ons and Fragments (Basic) Grammar #2: Modifiers, Pronouns, and Parallelism Grammar #3: Run-Ons and Fragments (Advanced) Grammar #4: Advanced Grammar Exercises on Punctuation Punctuation #1: Commas Punctuation #2: Colons and Semicolons Punctuation #3: Advanced Punctuation Exercises on Usage Usage #1: Word Choice (Basic) Usage #2: Verb Agreement and Tense Usage #3: Possessives Usage #4: Word Choice (Advanced) Usage #5: Expressing Numbers Exercises on Style Style Headings Illustration Ambiguity Organization Other Exercises Correspondence Logical Fallacies a, an, and the (Purdue)

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