Please Note:  This service is up-and-running, but I will be visiting Japan on March 20-29, and I’ll be in Kunming, China, from April 13-19.  If you send a grammar question during these time periods, you may have to wait up to a week to receive a response.  I apologize for the inconvenience.

Is writing difficult for you?  Do you have problems placing punctuation, assuring pronoun-antecedent agreement, arranging parallel structure, and catching dangling participles?

I can help.

I have a degree in English education, and I have taught basic grammar and composition for the past six years.

For a cost of $3 US, I will be happy to answer your writing, grammar, and punctuation questions. I’d prefer that you donate immediately after you send your question, but you may also choose to wait until after you have received my response.

Please send an e-mail of less than one hundred words to . In order to help me respond efficiently, please include the words GRAMMAR HELP in the subject line of your e-mail.

Questions and Answers

Who is this service directed toward?

This service is directed toward people that do not have confidence in their writing.  I desire to help the employee that hates writing and was assigned to complete a company memo, the first year English teacher that is a little shaky on semi-colons, and bloggers who wish to make their posts just a little better.

Do you refuse help to anyone?

I refuse to help students that are cheating on grammar assignments. I will, however, answer basic editing and proofreading questions from anyone.

What if my question is more than one hundred words?

If you submit an e-mail that is more than one hundred words, you will be expected to pay extra money.

I charge money based upon the length of your e-mail.  It takes time and effort to decipher the questions.

My pricing scheme is as follows:

1-100 words – $3

101-200 words – $6

201-300 words – $9

301-400 words – (You can figure out the rest.)

When do I pay?

You can donate before or after you get my response.

What if I receive help from you, but I don’t pay?

I will be upset with you.  I will refuse to answer future questions from your e-mail address and I will send you a weekly payment reminder.

Do I really have to pay an extra $3 if my question is 101 words instead of 100 words?

It isn’t really required, and I probably won’t notice. Unless I think that someone is taking advantage of the service, I’m not going to count the words, and I probably won’t notice. Do what your conscience says.

What is your view on grammar?

I take a traditional, prescriptivist approach toward writing.  My favorite grammar textbooks are in the Holt Handbook series and those produced by the A Beka Book Company.

I believe commas are always acceptable when joining independent clauses with conjunctions; writers should use semicolons; singular pronouns require singular antecedents; and so is not a coordinating conjunction. I understand that there are competing opinions in the world of linguistics; but if you have a strong stance about these issues, then you do not need this service.

Why is your e-mail address embedded in a graphic?

Evil spam-bots roam the internet harvesting e-mail addresses.  If they find your address, your inbox will fill with advertisements.  Fortunately, the spam-bots can’t read graphics.