This document provides tips for sounding intelligent in college, including proper grammar rules for homonyms, plurals, punctuation, titles, word choice, and citations. Key recommendations include: using standard spelling of words; knowing rules for changing word endings for plurals and verbs; understanding differences between homonyms like "their/there"; using punctuation correctly; italicizing or underlining titles; choosing "smart words"; and citing sources properly. The overall goal is to eliminate bad grammar habits and enhance one's knowledge and communication skills.

1. How to Sound Intelligent In College

2. The No-duh rules “U” “2” “OMG!” “kk” “lol”

3. The Hated Homonyms Their There There Your You’re

4. Homonyms Cont. It’s Its To Too Two

5. Homonyms (sort of) Cont. Know No Now Knew Hour Our Are

7. Tomorrow

8. Unnecessary

9. Definitely

10. Beautiful

12. Alright

13. Anyways

14. Irregardless

15. Flush out

16. Supposably

17. Perservere

19. Making Plurals Cont. Ends in y and there’s a consonant before it, change the y to I and add es: Party – parties candy – candies Proper noun ends in y, just add s: Kennedy family – Kennedys Finley family – Finleys Compound noun has a main noun in it, add the s to the main noun: Father-in-law – fathers- in-law chief of police – chiefs of police Compound noun has no main noun in it, add the s at the end: Follow-ups – follow-ups trade-in – trade

20. Punctuation…?! “_____” (___) ; : ! ? ‘ , ...

21. Tenses http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/english_tenses.htm

22. Titles – To Underline or Italicize? Harry Potter New York Times American Idiot Glee “Wake Me Up When September Ends” “Hickory Dickory Dock” “I Have a Dream” “General Hospital – Todd has ANOTHER Illegitimate Son”

23. Titles, for example… Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone  “The Boy Who Lived”

24. Smart Words! Abhor (to hate) Bigot (narrow-minded, prejudiced) Enfranchise (give voting rights) Hamper (hinder, obstruct) Noxious (harmful; poisonous; lethal) Placid (calm; peaceful) Remuneration (payment for work done) http://www.majortests.com/sat/wordlist.php

26. Be gone, bad habits!