Basics for Communicating Clearly ________________________________________
	“Grammar Central” was a column that appeared from May 2004 to August 2006 in Rough Draft, online newsletter of the Phoenix Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. Linda Shacklock, owner and principal of LinzTech LLC, wrote the column, collected the published topics at this site, and continues to add topics periodically. Questions or comments?  Contact Linda Shacklock.

Topics

	a, an	fewer, less	our, ours	they’re
	accept, except	further, farther	Plural Abbreviations	they/them
	adapt, adopt	he/him	Plural Nouns	Useless Words, Avoid
	affect, effect	her, hers	Possessive Plural Nouns	Use Strong Verbs
	amount, number	ie., e.g.	Possessive Singular Nouns	we/us
	an, a	I/me	respective	who
	assure	insure	respectively	whoever
	Avoid Useless Words	into, in to	she/her	whom
	could've	its, it's	should've	whomever
	criterion, criteria	less, fewer	Strong Verbs, Use	who’s, whose
	effect, affect	-ly ending	than, then	would've
	e.g., i.e.	may've	their, theirs, they’re	your, yours, you're
	ensure	might've	then, than
	except, accept	number, amount	there’s, there’re
	farther, further

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