Welcome to the companion Web site for A Commonsense Guide to Grammar and Usage, Second Edition, by Larry Beason and Mark Lester. We’ve designed this site to be a commonsense online resource. If you are a student using A Commonsense Guide, this site offers you additional practice with all of the grammar and usage topics you find in the book—with familiar "commonsense tips"—as well as practical resources and links if English is not your native language.

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