We do most things online these days - encyclopedias etc. When working on translations, one can often find help with difficulties of vocabulary online - many online dictionaries are quite good these days, especially if they are accompanied by plenty of examples of the use of a word (eg https://www.linguee.fr/ )
This is not the case for online grammar, as I was reminded when I was correcting your latest work. I was looking for online explanations of the uses of "have someone do/ make someone do/ get someone to do/ have sthg done/ get sthg done". If you Google this kind of question, most of the answers given by different websites, forums etc are completely incorrect. This may be because amateurs think they understand grammar and do not (whereas amateurs may be quite good at giving examples of vocabulary use). I certainly know from experience that if you ask French people who are not linguistics experts to explain uses of the subjunctive, they will give you hopelessly inaccurate explanations.
So, for grammar explanations, do not look online. The only exception is where I give here on the blog a link. This means I will have checked the site and the explanations will be good. Stick very closely to your Grammaire explicative de l'Anglais...
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