Yea, the English was wrong :). Fixed, thank you!

Yea, I wrote the review for it in renshuu.org's forums. I have some issues with it (namely, that it doesn't seem to intelligently filter out terms that you already know well), but it's great for writing practice, and there's a lot of reading too.



*sighs* I really need to get back into studying for 5; working on this grammar section has really thrown me off completely.

I know this conversation is old, and I am sorry for reviving it, but I have a question regarding the する verbs and 方. Would this be a proper sentence: 自分で日本語の勉強のし方が分かりません。 Would the　の　be used both before the verb and before the し, as seen in the sentence, or would the first の　be an を: 自分で日本語を勉強のし方が分かりません。

できるだけis right. を marks a direct object so in 日本語を勉強する　日本語 is the direct object of the verb to study. In your example わかりません is the verb and が is the object marker for that particular verb. if you change the verb into something that requires を, then you can replace the が with を. I hope this isn't too off-topic but: 日本語の勉強 the study of Japanese. (No verb, no object) 日本語を勉強する to study Japanese.(日本語is the object) 日本語の勉強をする。"To do the study of Japanese" (the verb is する and the phrase "日本語の勉強" is the object) If you're not syntax/grammar orientated try to think of it is: Subject: The person or thing that is the cause of the action. (Who is doing it?) Verb/Predicate: the action or what is happening in the clause (What is being done?) Object: What/whom does the verb affect? Then you should never have to wonder when to use を again :)

Good point.

この漢字を書き方を教えて下さい。 Please teach me how to write this kanji.

DoBJG also mentions "A way of; a manner of; how to" for this grammar point, so I feel like adding one of the first two might be helpful, for sentences like:

彼の食べ方は上品だ。
His way of eating is elegant.

which doesn't really falls under "How to"