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Search Writing -  indicates a "must visit" site: |
| Elements of Style - by William Strunk, Jr. Contains the full text of the 1918 edition. |
| Common Errors in English - site which simply and entertainingly explains a number of common spelling and usage errors in English. |
| Online English Grammar - covers general and specific grammar issues. |
| Guide to Grammar and Writing - prepared by Professor of English Charles Darling. |
| Guide to Grammar and Style - prepared by English professor Jack Lynch. |
| Grammar Lady - stamping out bad grammar and offering answers to all of your English grammar questions. |
| The American Heritage Book of English Usage: A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English - With a detailed look at grammar, style, diction, word formation, gender, social groups and scientific forms, this valuable reference work is ideal for students, writers, academicians and anybody concerned about proper writing style. |
| 11 Rules of Writing: This site is a concise guide to some of the most commonly violated rules of writing, grammar, and punctuation. It is intended for all writers as an aid in the learning and refining of writing skills. |
| Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation - online exercises and tests with answers. |
| Common Errors - discussion of errors in English usage which are so common that some people don't recognize them as errors. [e.g., "e.g." and "i.e."] Did I use e.g. correctly? I guess I'll have to go to the site and see! |
| Daily Grammar - improve your writing with free daily e-mail grammar lessons. |
| Dr. Grammar - answers questions about grammar and usage, punctuation, spelling, and general language. |
| English 126 HyperTextBook - online grammar textbook. |
| Get It Write Tips - archive of grammar and usage tips. |
| Good Grammar, Good Style - articles and answers to questions about topics including subjunctives, the serial comma, subject-verb agreement, and the who-whom distinction. |
| Grammar and Usage for the Non-Expert - articles intended to solve common problems of grammar and usage for those people who want answers but who do not want a lot of technical explanations. |
| Grammar Bytes - explanations, handouts for students and teachers, and interactive exercises. |
| Grammar Doctor - grammar tips from Carl Perrin |
| Grammar Guru - syndicated columnist and author of The Grammatically Correct Handbook |
| Grammar Slammer - online English grammar help. Includes letter writing, confusing words, and abbreviations. |
| Hypertext Guide to English Grammar, Mechanics, and Usage Rules - outlines rules and errors. |
| Owl Handouts - ranging from precisely targeted help (Comma vs. the Semicolon in Compound Sentences) to general guidance. |
| Pop-Up Grammar - online English grammar instruction site with interactive quizzes. Sentence Diagrams: One Way of Learning English Grammar - examples and explanations of diagramming sentences. |
| Sentence Diagrams: One Way of Learning English Grammar - examples and explanations of diagramming sentences. |
| Traditional Grammar: An Interactive Book - twelve chapters, three exams, and plenty of exercises covering tense, sentence, syntax, structure, and punctuation in Modern English. By Donald E. Hardy. |
| Webgrammar - answers to common grammar and style questions, as well as tips and resources for web site owners. |
| Word Police - find out if you have what it takes to issue grammar citations by taking the entrance exam. |
| Avoiding Plagiarism - includes resources to distiguish plagiarism and ways to avoid it. |
| Center for Studying Plagiarism at the University of Virginia - distributes free software to detect plagiarism and gathers information on people's experiences with plagiarism. |
| Georgetown University Honor Council: What is Plagiarism? - guide to preventing plagiarism. |
| Hamilton College Writing Center: Avoiding Plagiarism - includes advice and examples. |
| How to Lessen the Chances of Plagiarizing - from the Learning Skills Centre at the University of Northern British Columbia. |
| Plagiarism and Anti-Plagiarism - offers analysis and strategies for fighting plagiarism. |
| Plagiarism Avoided: Taking Responsibility For Your Work - booklet for students on plagiarism, including techniques for avoiding it. |
| Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It - discusses acceptable and unacceptable paraphrasing. Includes examples |
| Plagiarized.com - instructors' guide to Internet plagiarism. |
| Statement on Plagiarism - includes definition, examples, and penalties. |
| What is Plagiarism? - features examples of actions that qualify as plagiarism. |
| Working with Quotations - Examples of how to quote in writing. |
| EnglishClub: Nouns - presents information on what nouns are, as well as countable, uncountable, and proper nouns. |
| EnglishClub.com: Grammar - presents tutorials and quizzes on the eight parts of speech. |
| Interlink Language Centers: Parts of Speech - descriptions of parts of speech with quizzes. |
| Nouns and Pronouns - covers types including common and proper nouns and possessive, reflexive, and relative pronouns. |
| Parts of Speech - explains verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. |
| Perry Mason and the Case of Pronouns - lesson and exercises about the nominative, possessive, and objective pronoun cases. |
| Phrasal Verb Demon - complete guide to phrasal verbs, with explanation, meanings, practice, and games. |
| Save the Adverb! - dedicated to restoring the adverb to its rightful place against the encroachment of the wily adjective. |
| Guide to Grammar and Writing: Nouns - study guide and resource on nouns, including sections on plural and possessive forms, compound nouns, and count versus non-count nouns. |
| Some Notes on Gender-Neutral Language - written by Carolyn Jacobson. |
| Writing with Gender-Fair Language - gives examples of the usage of nonsexist language. |
| FAQ - Gender-Neutral Pronouns - gender-free alternatives to 'he, she, hers, ...' Many, such as 'sie, hir, zie, zir, ey, eir, em', are in use on the net. |
| Eliminating Generic-Male Language: Political Statement or Just Good Writing? - examination of the issue by Jennifer Griffith. |
| Able Writer: A Rhetoric and Handbook - English composition handbook that covers pre-writing, outlining, English grammar, usage, word choice, dictionaries, spelling, punctuation, and writing college research papers. |
| Gallaudet Writer's Handbook - grammar and style guide designed specifically to improve the writing skills of deaf and hard of hearing college students. |
| Handbook of Rhetorical Devices - definitions and examples of traditional rhetorical devices which can be useful in improving the effectiveness, clarity, and enjoyment of your writing. |
| odd prose - selection of odd sentences from student essays, intended to encourage students to improve their proficiency in written English. |
| Paradigm Online Writing Assistant - guide to writing, composition, rhetoric, editing, and style. |
| The Slot - part style manual, part pet-peeve collection, The Slot is one copy editor's look at how to use, and how not to use, the English language. |
| Wired Style - principles of English usage in the Digital Age. |
| Writing for Multimedia: A Guide - covers the ins and outs of writing for computer-based media. |
| APA Electronic Reference Formats - standard for referencing online documents in scientific publications. |
| APA Publication Manual Crib Sheet - a summary of rules from the manual. |
| APA Style Essentials - provides a reference guide to writing using the publication manual of the American Psychological Association. |
| APA Style - official site of the American Psychological Association (APA) publication manual. |
| Amy Moran's Guide to MLA Documentation - covers 4th edition MLA documentation style. |
| Guide for Writing Research Papers - based on Modern Language Association (MLA) documentation. |
| How to Organize a Research Paper and Document It with MLA Citations - an aid to beginning research paper writers who need help finding research sites, organizing their thoughts and documenting their sources using MLA format. |
| MLA Style - official guidelines on MLA documentation style, from the Modern Language Association's handbook. |
| Works Cited Sample Entries - examples of the MLA format for print, non-print, and Internet resources. |
| 'Postrophe's Rule! - collection of apostrophe errors and suggested corrections. |
| Punctuation Project - includes bibliographies and background on a project to improve the teaching and learning of punctuation. |
| Apostrophe Protection Society - aims to preserve the correct use of this currently much abused punctuation mark in all forms of text written in the English language. |
| Basic Punctuation - usage rules for commas, exclamation marks, periods, parentheses, and more. You must click on "Basic Punctuation" in the left frame menu on the page. |
| Gallery of "Misused" Quotation Marks - they turn up in the strangest of places. |
| Punctuation Made Simple - explains how to use the colon, semicolon, comma, dash, and apostrophe. |
| Alliance for the Preservation of the Correct Spelling of the Word Judgment - campaign against spelling judgment with an e, as judgement. No, seriously, that is what the page is about. |
| Clear Ink's SpellWeb - uses search engines to vote on the spelling or popularity of a pair of words or phrases. |
| Frequently Misspelled Words - lists words, using their correct spelling, that are commonly spelled incorrectly. |
| HumanSpellCheck.com - outlining common typos and bad use of grammar in the media and on the Web. |
| International Society of Rhombi and Thesauri (ISRT) - progressive organization formed to inform the populace about the correct pluralization of English words with roots in Latin. |
| Musical Spelling Rules - songs and practice to help with remembering spelling rules. |
| Notes on American English - shows differences between American and British spelling of common words. |
| Spelling Test - a quiz on fifty commonly misspelled words. |
| Long Island University Library: Citation Style for Research Papers - explains APA, MLA, AMA, Turabian, and Chicago styles. |
| University of Michigan Documents Center: Citation Guides - offers links to online guides. |
| University of Texas at El Paso Library: Electronic Citation Style Guides - provides links to examples in a variety of styles. |
| Web Directory: Citation Style Guides/Citing Sources - links to citation formats for general, legal, and medical use. |
| Citation Style Guides for Internet and Electronic Resources - includes examples and links. |
| Citing the World Wide Web in Style - American Psychological Association and Modern Language Association formats. |
| Columbia Guide to Online Style - by Janice Walker. Includes humanities and scientific style citations. |
| IFLANET: Citation Guides for Electronic Documents - offers suggestions for citing electronic sources. |
| Tips for Citing Internet Sources - explains the concerns related to referencing electronic sources. |
| Web Extension to APA Style - addresses author, date, and title citing. |
| Garbl's Writing Resources Online - annotated directory of web sites focusing on English language, writing, words, reference sources, word play, and online writing experts. |
| Grammar for English Language Learners - offers links to activities and reference materials. |
| Grammarian.com - features links to sites about grammar, composition, and more. |