The Chicago guide to grammar, usage, and punctuation

Introduction

The traditional parts of speech. Nouns ; Pronouns ; Adjectives ; Verbs ; Adverbs ; Prepositions ; Conjunctions ; Interjections

Syntax. Sentences, clauses, and their patterns ; Traditional sentence diagramming ; Transformational grammar

Word formation

Word usage. Introduction ; Troublesome words and phrases ; Bias-free language ; Prepositional idioms

Punctuation. The comma ; The semicolon ; The colon ; Parentheses ; The em-dash (or long dash) ; The en-dash (or short dash) ; The hyphen ; The apostrophe ; Quotation marks ; The question mark ; The exclamation mark ; The period ; Bracket ; The slash (virgule) ; Bullets ; Ellipsis dots

Select glossary

Pronunciation guide.