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Modern Language Association - http://www.mla.org
The Modern Language Association is the official guide to non-fiction writing. Includes a guide to MLA style. |
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Yale Style Manual - http://www.webstyleguide.com/
For the design of Web pages and Web sites. Covers graphic and information design, page layout, Web graphics, site organization, navigation, and Web multimedia content. |
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Guide to Grammar and Writing - http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
Digital handouts on grammar and English usage. From subject-verb agreement and use of articles to exercises in parallel structures and argumentative essays. You can submit questions about grammar and writing. |
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Plain Language Action Network - http://www.plainlanguage.gov/
Promoting clearer communication between the public and government. This site has resources for writers to attain that goal. |
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AskOxford.com - http://www.askoxford.com/
For questions on English grammar, spelling, and usage. Search a dictionary of words, names or quotations. |
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Plain English Campaign - http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/
An independent group fighting for plain English in public communication. We oppose gobbledygook, jargon and legalese. |
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Paradigm Online Writing Assistant - http://www.powa.org/
Help in discovering, organizing, revising, and editing informal, thesis, argumentative, and exploratory essays. |
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Urban Dictionary - http://www.urbandictionary.com/
A veritable cornucopia of streetwise lingo, posted and defined by its readers. |
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Word Spy - http://www.wordspy.com/
The word lover's web site by Paul McFedries. |
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Bartleby.com: The Columbia Guide to Standard American English - http://www.bartleby.com/68/
Kenneth G. Wilson's handbook includes descriptive and prescriptive examples with hyperlinked cross-references. |
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Common Errors in English - http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/
Catalogue of writing or speaking mistakes and easily confusable words, with corrections. |
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World Wide Words - http://www.worldwidewords.org/
Explores the history, evolution byways, quirks, and curiosities of the English language. New and recent words and phrases are often featured, as are books on aspects of English. A weekly newsletter is sent by e-mail and RSS. |
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Glossarist.com - http://www.glossarist.com/
A searchable directory of thousands of glossaries and topical dictionaries containing terms and definitions on hundreds of subjects. |
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Cliche Finder - http://www.westegg.com/cliche/
Special tool word-searches 3,300 cliches. |
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Online Classes in Rhetoric, University of Minnesota - http://www.rhetoric.umn.edu/
The University of Minnesota offers a number of Internet correspondence courses in rhetoric. Sign up here. |
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A.Word.ADay - http://www.wordsmith.org/awad/index.html
The music and magic of words. This is the website for the mailing list A.Word.A.Day (AWAD), which sends a vocabulary word and its definition to the subscribers every day. |
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Phrases Thesaurus - http://www.phrasefinder.co.uk
A generator of headlines and copy for journalists. Enter a word and the database is searched to provide a list of phrases related to that word. |
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The Philosophy of Punctuation - http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/721833.html
Paul Robinson's classic essay on periods, commas, semicolons, dashes. |
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NoodleBib - The MLA Bibliography Composer - http://www.noodletools.com/noodlebib/
A free tool to create, edit, and save your MLA-style bibliography online, then publish it to a Web page, email it, or save it as RTF and open it in Microsoft Word. |
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Guardian Unlimited - Style Guide - http://www.guardian.co.uk/styleguide
The British newspaper's guide to word usage, grammar and punctuation, edited by David Marsh and Nikki Marshall. Includes 1928 edition in pdf format. |
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The Book of Cliches - http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/sybev/cliche/
A compilation of common phrases, euphemisms, and rationales for times of trouble. Organized by occasion. |
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The Visual Thesaurus - http://www.visualthesaurus.com/online/index.html
An exploration of sense relationships within the English language. By clicking on words, you follow a thread of meaning, creating a spatial map of linguistic associations. |
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Verbivore - http://www.verbivore.com/
Richard Lederer's page, with contact information and a handful of his language-loving articles. |
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Word Fugitives - http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/fugitives/index.htm
An interactive column by The Atlantic's Barbara Wallraff. Discovers needs in our language and recommends new words to fill them. |
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WordWizard - http://www.wordwizard.com/
Portal for word lovers. Learn about word meanings, slang, quotations, insults, and famous authors. Wordwizard offers a round trip across the English language. |
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Focusing on Words - http://www.wordfocus.com/
Subscription-based site for vocabulary development, showcasing the Latin and Greek roots of English words. |
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Slang City - http://www.slangcity.com
Writing about American slang. |
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Word Lab - http://www.wordlab.com/
A message board where you can request and brainstorm words, names, titles, coinages, puns, phrases, slogans and slang. |
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Guides for Better Science Writing - http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/14-05.html
Bibliography of style manuals for scientific research, writing, and presentation. Guides for biology, medicine, chemistry, engineering, geology, and mathematics. |
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Web Typography - http://webtypography.net/
The elements of typographic style applied to the web. |
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The Sports Cliche List - http://www.sportscliche.com
A large, searchable collection of sports cliches, lingo, and jargon. |
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Garbl's Editorial Style Manual - http://garbl.home.comcast.net/stylemanual/
Provides advice on abbreviations, capitalization, grammar, numbers, plurals, possessives, punctuation, spelling and word usage. |
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The Well Bred Sentence - http://www.englishgrammartutor.com/Grammar%20Book.htm
This book offers an intensive course in sentence construction and punctuation. |
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WritingDEN - http://204.244.141.13/writ_den/
Interactive site created to help students improve English reading, writing and listening skills. |
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Word Info - http://www.wordinfo.info
An English vocabulary dictionary with free searches of words from Latin and Greek sources. |
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Dr. NAD's Prig Page. - http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/5229/p_.htm
Tests of usage, built interactively. |
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Society for the Preservation of English Language and Literature - http://www.spellorg.com/
Bimonthly publication, SPELL/Binder, contains articles on grammar, usage, word origins, and other subjects of interest to language lovers. |
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Wordelizer - http://www.emse.fr/~yukna/kahula/wordelizer/wordelizer.html
Delve deeply into a word or subject. Quick search of several word and language related sites. |
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Tribe: Word Freaks - http://wordfreaks.tribe.net/
Group for people who love discussing words and writing style. |
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The Word Nerds - http://thewordnerds.libsyn.com/
A weekly podcast about words, language, and why we say the things we do. |
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Good Grammar, Good Style - http://www.protrainco.com/info/grammar.htm
Articles and answers to frequently asked questions about grammar, mechanics, and style. Links and bibliography. |
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Cliche Site - http://www.clichesite.com/index.asp
Clichés, sayings or phrases listed with definitions and explanations. Clichés are organized by subject and alphabetically and you can use the search function. |
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The Word Centre - http://www.wordcentre.co.uk
Consulting firm dedicated to training businesses to use plain English. Free newsletter and professional editing services. |
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Exploring English - http://www.shared-visions.com/explore/english/
An online tutorial for the parts of speech with style notes for the English Language. |
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SoYouWanna Avoid Common Writing Errors - http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/wrerrors/wrerrors.html
We compiled a list of the most common writing errors people tend to make. This is not a primer on grammar or essay-writing. This is a checklist of things which you might well do and which you must stop doing. |
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Verbage - http://www.oceansiderevolution.com/verbage
If you are looking for just the right word, you may find it here. If not, you can suggest your own. |
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LousyWriter.com - http://www.lousywriter.com/
A free online resource to improve your writing skills. Learn how to write, how to use words, how to write sentences, and how to communicate effectively. |
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Correct Punctuation - http://www.correctpunctuation.co.uk
A brief guide to correct English punctuation. |
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Ewriting - http://www.e-writing.info
Easy to learn electronic writing style that will speed up email and online chatroom discussions. |
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Lingo Factory - http://lingofactory.tribe.net/
A cooperative effort to coin useable terms and then trick people into using them regularly as though they are real words. |
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The Wonderful Writing Skills Unhandbook - http://www.wonderfulwritingskillsunhandbook.com/
An interactive site that uses the writing process to teach writing skills. |
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How to Write an Explication - http://www.geocities.com/lrampey/2131/explicate.htm
Step-by-step directions to writing an explication. Good and bad examples provided. |
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Wordiness - http://web.uvic.ca/~gkblank/wordiness.html
A list of words and phrases to purge from your writing. |
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Illiterate Businesses - http://www.illiteratebusinesses.ca
An unabashed rant weblog featuring English-language business signs with grammatical, spelling and/or punctuation errors. Includes a free sign editing offer. |
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SecretariesUSA.com - http://secretariesusa.com/
Reference for the home and corporate office, including capitalization, punctuation, spelling, grammar, sentence structure, forms of address, abbreviations, letter styles, and business forms. |
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Findaphrase.com - http://www.findaphrase.com/
Free phrase database to help journalists, copywriters and content editors search common phrases. |
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Word Rogues - http://www.lanzbom.org
Tips on writing, English, and grammar. This site also includes active community college English syllabii and links to other writing, grammar sites. |
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Tribe: Words of Power - http://powerwords.tribe.net/
For people who love words, use them, feel them in their mouths as flavorful bursts of energy. This is the tribe for fun with words and receptive learning. |
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Ralph's Manual of Style - http://www.rms.hung-sun.com/
A guide to style, grammar, usage, and more by a guy named Ralph. |
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Braintique: The Natural Way to Write - http://www.braintique.com/barticles/writing/what/TOC.shtml
A process and system for helping people become better writers. Includes exercises, examples, and information about descriptive writing and metaphors. |
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Grammar Slammer - http://englishplus.com/grammar/index.htm
This help file indexes style and usage, capitalization, abbreviations, punctuation, letter writing, common mistakes and a grammar glossary. |
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Pataphysics, Pataphors and Pataphorology - http://www.geocities.com/pataphysician1/
An extended metaphor that creates its own context. A science invented by P.A. Lopez and derived from the science of 'pataphysics as described by Alfred Jarry. |
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The Economist Style Guide - http://www.economist.com/research/StyleGuide/
Guide based on the style book given to all journalists at The Economist. |
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Economist Style Guide - http://www.economist.com/research/styleguide/
Based on the guide given to all journalists at The Economist. Includes quiz. |
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Plain English at Work - http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/training_skills/publications_resources/plain_english_at_work/
Online guide to using plain English and changing the corporate style. Produced for Australia's Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs and the Australian National Training Authority. |