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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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