English Usage Videos

Each language has its structure for arranging and conveying information and thought. Here you will find a broad study of the governing rules behind writing in American English. Choose from our videos below for a further study of our grammar, punctuation, and vocabulary for effective composition. Sit back and enjoy these short, easy-to-follow videos on English usage.

Grammar Rules

1. New Finding Nouns, Verbs, and Subjects
2. New Subject-Verb Agreement
3. New Irregular Verbs
4. New Clauses and Phrases
5. New Pronouns
6. New Who vs. Whom
7. New Whoever vs. Whomever
8. New Who, That, Which
9. New Adjectives and Adverbs
10. New Prepositions
11. New Effective Writing

Other Rules

1. New Capitalization Rules
2. New Rules for Writing Numbers

Punctuation Rules

1. New Semicolons
2. New Colons
3. New Quotation Marks
4. New Dashes
5. New Ellipses
6. New Question Marks

Grammar and Punctuation with Jane

1. Subjects and Verbs
2. Subjects and Verbs: you as the Understood Subject
3. Singular vs. Plural Verbs
4. Verbs After "or"
5. Subject and Verb Agreement
6. Pronouns as Subjects
7. Here and There
8. Sums of Money & Periods of Time with Verbs
9. Verbs with Portion Words - Part 1
10. Verbs with Portion Words - Part 2
11. Subject Pronouns
12. Object Pronouns - Part 1
13. Object Pronouns - Part 2
14. Pronouns to Complete a Thought - Part 1
15. Pronouns to Complete a Thought - Part 2
16. The "Self" Pronouns - Part 1
17. The "Self" Pronouns - Part 2
18. Who vs. Whom - Part 1
19. Who vs. Whom - Part 2
20. Whoever vs. Whomever - Part 1
21. Whoever vs. Whomever - Part 2
22. Who vs. That vs. Which - Part 1
23. Who vs. That vs. Which - Part 2
24. Adjectives and Adverbs - Part 1a
25. Adjectives and Adverbs - Part 1b
26. Adjectives and Adverbs - Part 2a
27. Adjectives and Adverbs - Part 2b
28. Good vs. Well - Part 1
29. Good vs. Well - Part 2
30. -er vs. -est - Part 1
31. -er vs. -est - Part 2
32. This, That , These, and Those
33. Prepositions - Part 1a
34. Prepositions - Part 1b
35. Prepositions - Part 2
36. Effect vs. Affect
37. A vs. An
38. Commas - Part 1a
39. Commas - Part 1b
40. Commas - Part 2a
41. Commas - Part 2b
42. Commas - Part 3a
43. Commas - Part 3b
44. Colons & Semicolons with Sentences
45. Colons & Semicolons with Lists
46. Colons with Tabular Form
47. Quotation Marks with Periods and Commas
48. Quotation Marks with Question Marks
49. Apostrophes - Part 1a -- With Contractions
50. Apostrophes - Part 1b -- With Contractions
51. Apostrophes - Part 2
52. Apostrophes - Part 3a
53. Apostrophes - Part 3b
54. Apostrophes - Part 4a -- With Names
55. Apostrophes - Part 4b -- With Names
56. Apostrophes - Part 5
57. Hyphens - Part 1
58. Hyphens - Part 2
59. Hyphens - Part 3
60. Hyphens - Part 4a
61. Hyphens - Part 4b
62. Capitalization - Part 1
63. Capitalization - Part 2
64. Capitalization - Part 3
65. Capitalization - Part 4a
66. Capitalization - Part 4b
67. Writing Numbers - Part 1
68. Writing Numbers - Part 2

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