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Old & Wise (Alan Parsons Project) ![]() The Master of the Academy Tutorials & Word Puzzles All grammar tutorials written by Maggie Marmalade. This section of the Truth Tree is maintained by [an error occurred while processing this directive] Share your comments on our tutorials here. This page was last modified on Friday, 15-Jan-2010 06:54:24 MST Anagram: Try your hand at a word puzzle Chess: Learn how to play the old classic game of strategy and tactics Cryptogram: Can you decode the cipher? The Second Cryptogram: tougher than the first! Composition: Figures of Speech: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, litote, metonomy, personification, onomatopoeia, alliteration, oxymoron Evolution Simulator - watch simple AI life forms evolve before your eyes Grammar: Usage of Who and Whom - when to use each Grammar: Understanding Prefixes - decipher unusual English words by their prefixes Grammar: Over-the-Edge with Dangling Modifiers - avoid common grammatical mistakes. Grammar: Pronoun Antecedent Agreement - use definite and indefinite pronouns correctly Grammar: Apostrophes - learn how to use the ' properly. It's certain to improve your writing. Grammar: Verbals - gerunds, infinitives and participles, oh my! Grammar: Semicolons - Learning to use the ; could be helpful; you never know. History: The English Language - an overview of English and how it came to be Larry Arnold's Guide to Using HTML. HTML is the language of web sites such as this one. It is very useful when writing messages on our message boards, because it can create bold, italics, or underline text, change font size and color, and many other attractive effects. Remi and Ron code the web pages you see here directly in HTML without the use of any 3rd party application. Ron Savori's Advisory on Internet Anonymity. A few words about whether you are truly anonymous or not while surfing the Internet. This page will reveal your IP address to you, in case you don't know it. Ron Savori's Smiley Smorgasbord. Smileys that you can use on the Truth Tree to jazz up your messages! A Great Man's Grammatical Goof. Ron slaps a Mutual Fund Manager upside the head for trangressing against the Holy Laws of Grammar and Logic. Ron Savori Tells You About Yourself here's what a javascript will reveal about your computer system - not much, as it turns out. Java is safe to use. It enables web pages to be customized according to each user's configuration. If your browser does not have the java option enabled, the functionality of this web site and others will be diminished. Self-Defense Basics for Beginners will introduce you to effective means of self-defense and cultivate your "street smarts" so that your chances of surviving improve. Especially recommended for those who are concerned about crime. Also contains a section on protecting children from predators. Spelling: Slaying the Spelling Dragons - Trouble spelling words? Don't be afraid to use the dictionary! (Ron does practically every day of his life.) Dictionaries make for good reading. Learn a new word each day! This page has been accessed times since September, 2001 |