In the era of texting, instant messaging and grumpy cat memes, proper grammar and spelling seem to have taken a backseat to the need to communicate with finger-busting speed. But while ignoring spelling and grammar rules when texting your friends may be OK (honestly, though: it isn’t), once those pesky errors find their way into emails, articles and cover letters, they may cost you a good grade in school, not to mention a job. YKWIM? We hope the 11

We hope the 11 infographics below, all of which focus on either grammar or spelling rules or common mistakes, will be both useful and a fun way to brush up on those skills.

Let’s get started with some Basic Grammar Rules

15 Grammar Goofs That Make You Look Silly

The Most Annoying Writing Mistakes

10 Hyphenation Tips

Quotation Marks and Punctuation

Common Rules for Capital Letter Usage

12 Most Misunderstood Words in English

Words You Might Misuse

Verbs and Their Prepositions

14 Mistakes With Prepositions

Apostrophes

Finally, one for fun: Eight Totally Necessary New Punctuation Marks

Now that you’ve refreshed your grammar rules it’s time to get writing that ebook! Need some inspiration? Check out our guide on How to Create Compelling Ebooks.

Aleks Todorova is the editorial director at Visual.ly. She’s a stickler for proper grammar and spelling, but wishes the Morgan Freemark were real.