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I'm looking for a resource that will give exercises (workbook, etc) in usage. For instance "effect-affect" a lot, a while-awhile, emigrant-immigrant, enamored of, etc...lots of practice correcting common mistakes . Any suggestions?
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Elizabeth,
Have you ever seen Winston Word Works? I have used Winston Grammar with some of my dc. We love the program but have not used the Word Works book.
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That looks great, Tammy. Thanks!
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I like Susan C. Anthony's Homophones Resource Book. It does mostly cover the actual homophones which I see is only partially what you were asking about. But she does cover many of the common usage errors which sound similar but aren't actually homophones, like affect-effect, were-where, accept-except, access-excess, are-our, sense-since, then-than, to name a few.
Here is a really helpful online resource (no quizes or anything) - Common Erros in English Usage
There are on-line quizes here of Notorious Confusables .
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I got the kids the daily calendar version of this, and it's quite a fun way to be reminded of errors.
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MacBeth wrote:
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These look like exactly what I want. I just wish there were exercises to go with them. I guess I could just have him make up sentences to demonstrate correct usage. I'd like to go in reverse as well--find errors in usage...
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Elizabeth -- have you tried the (shhhh!)workbooks  called Editor in Chief -- my kids used these back in middle school. They have different levels and are kind of un to find the errors. Many of the mistakes are the common ones you've mentioned.
A fun book to read about common punctuation mistakes is Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation -- it's a pretty interesting book, very doable with 12 and ups.
Hope this helps....
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Elizabeth,
You can see Winston Word Works here (I was just looking around), and can see three sample pages:
Winston Word Works
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