<p>I'm relatively good at recognizing if something sounds iffy in the Writing section, but it's hard to get those last few points if you don't know any actual grammar rules.</p>
<p>Are there any websites or good review books that will go over the most common grammar rules used in the SAT?</p>
<p>Any help would be appreciated :)</p>
<p>My favorite grammar overview is actually a book for the MCAT, the business school test (weird, I know): it’s called the Manhattan GMAT Guide to Sentence Correction.</p>
<p>For something online, there’s a boarding school in MA called Milton Academy that hosts an excellent grammar and sentence correction tutorial, with both explanations and practice questions. Go to </p>
<p>[Milton</a> Academy’s Grammar Online](<a href=“http://my.milton.edu/grammar/lessons.aspx]Milton”>http://my.milton.edu/grammar/lessons.aspx)</p>
<p>and then choose “Megablunders” from the drop-down menu.</p>
<p>Basically, though, most books you see will have decent guides. Probably whatever you already have is fine. The trick is to really study and master the material.</p>
<p>loft629, I’m already rather knowledgeable about grammar and am looking for a very technical coverage of the subject. Are you familiar with any fitting guides? How is the grammar and usage chapter in the Chicago Manual of Style?</p>
<p>@silverturtle: I get the sense that you are a recognized expert around here in grammar, so I’m sure you want something pretty advanced. It depends in part on what you’re looking for, I think.</p>
<p>I like this book a lot for helping me deal with obscure issues:</p>
<p>[Amazon.com:</a> Practical English Usage (9780194420990): Michael Swan: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Practical-English-Usage-Michael-Swan/dp/019442099X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263770931&sr=8-1]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/Practical-English-Usage-Michael-Swan/dp/019442099X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263770931&sr=8-1)</p>
<p>The Chicago Manual of Style is sometimes helpful for ambiguous situations like the one on verb tenses that we were just discussing together, in which there’s more than one correct way to write the sentence but one or the other may be preferred usage. </p>
<p>I feel like I may be forgetting some of my favorites because I haven’t taught intensive grammar in a while: if I remember any other good ones, I’ll mention them here. I’d be interested to hear if you have any good recommendations as well.</p>
<p>Thanks guys for the suggestions! These really help :)</p>
<p>Does anyone have experience with The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language? ([Amazon.com:</a> The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (9780521431460): Rodney D. Huddleston, Geoffrey K. Pullum: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Cambridge-Grammar-English-Language/dp/0521431468/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263790428&sr=1-10]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/Cambridge-Grammar-English-Language/dp/0521431468/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263790428&sr=1-10))</p>
<p>Silverturtle, you are more of an expert than I am, but our little college uses Diane Hacker’s guides. She may even have something online that is not password protected. The publisher is Bedford St. Martin’s.</p>