11 Rules of Writing
Concise guide to some of the most frequently violated rules of writing, punctuation, and grammar.
A Research Guide for Students
How to write research papers, and do presentations. Virtual library of links arranged by Dewey Decimal Classification.
A.Word.ADay
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.
Acronym Finder
Searchable database of 80,000+ acronyms and meanings. Covers: common acronyms, computers, technology, government, telecommunications, and military acronyms.
AskOxford.com
For questions on English grammar, spelling, and usage. Search a dictionary of words, names or quotations.
Bartleby.com: Strunk's Element of Style (1918)
For use in English courses in which the practice of composition is combined with the study of literature. It aims to give in brief space the principal requirements of plain English style.
Bartleby.com: The Columbia Guide to Standard American English
Kenneth G. Wilson's handbook includes descriptive and prescriptive examples with hyperlinked cross-references.
Braintique: The Natural Way to Write
A process and system for helping people become better writers. The site includes exercises, examples, and information about descriptive writing and metaphors.
CBC News: Words, Woe & Wonder
An in-depth look at the words we use from CBC News.
Cliche
List of 2000 English cliches with some statistical and literary notes on their use.
Cliche Finder
Special tool word-searches 3,300 cliches.
Cliche Site
Clichés, sayings or phrases listed with definitions and explanations. Clichés are organized by subject and alphabetically and you can use the search function.
Common Errors in English
Catalogue of writing or speaking mistakes and easily confusable words, with corrections.
Correct Punctuation
A brief guide to correct English punctuation.
Crazy Colour Writing Skills Handbook
Includes useful tips to help your spelling including homophones, words often misspelled, a dictionary search, an introduction to fingerspelling. Grammar, spelling and writing style guide.
Dr. NAD's Prig Page.
Tests of usage, built interactively.
E-dition: Dictionary of Concise Writing
A look at word usage in popular culture. The Dictionary of Concision is a complete manual of several thousand wordy phrases.
Einfoweb: Punctuation and Grammar
Help on punctuation and another page on grammar.
Ewriting
Easy to learn electronic writing style that will speed up email and online chatroom discussions.
Exploring English
An online tutorial for the parts of speech with style notes for the English Language.
Findaphrase.com
Free phrase database to help journalists, copywriters and content editors search common phrases.
Focusing on Words
Subscription-based site for vocabulary development, showcasing the Latin and Greek roots of English words.
Frequently Asked Questions about English
Answers to common questions about usage, style, grammar and punctuation.
Garbl's Editorial Style Manual
Provides advice on abbreviations, capitalization, grammar, numbers, plurals, possessives, punctuation, spelling and word usage.
Glossarist.com
A searchable directory of thousands of glossaries and topical dictionaries containing terms and definitions on hundreds of subjects.
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