- Focusing on Words
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An advanced Latin-Greek-English vocabulary source of etymologies with thematic units of roots, prefixes, and suffixes, and vocabulary quizzes.
http://www.wordfocus.com/
(Added: Fri Mar 31 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Phrases Thesaurus
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A resource for writers. Enter a single word and it will return a list of phrases and sayings that are related to the word in some way. In English.
http://www.phrasefinder.co.uk
(Added: Fri Mar 31 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- The Glossarist
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Searchable directory of glossaries and topical dictionaries containing terms and definitions on hundreds of subjects.
http://www.glossarist.com/
(Added: Wed Apr 05 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- 11 Rules of Writing
A concise guide to some of the most frequently violated rules of writing, punctuation, and grammar.
http://www.junketstudies.com/rulesofw/
(Added: Fri Mar 31 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- A Research Guide for Students
How to write research papers, and do presentations. Virtual library of links arranged by Dewey Decimal Classification.
http://www.aresearchguide.com/index.html
(Added: Sun Apr 09 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- 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.
http://www.wordsmith.org/awad/index.html
(Added: Sat Apr 08 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- AllInfoAbout: English Language
Lessons and information about everything related to English as it is used around the world.
http://englishlanguage.allinfoabout.com/
(Added: Sat Apr 08 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- AskOxford.com
For questions on English grammar, spelling, and usage; to search a dictionary of words, names or quotations; for help with writing; for crosswords and puzzles.
http://www.askoxford.com/
(Added: Fri Mar 31 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- 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.
http://www.bartleby.com/141/
(Added: Mon Apr 10 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Bartleby.com: The Columbia Guide to Standard American English
Kenneth G. Wilson's handbook includes descriptive and prescriptive examples with hyperlinked cross-references.
http://www.bartleby.com/68/
(Added: Thu Apr 06 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Beverly Lucey: Language Wrangler
Beverly Lucey's articles on education, marriage, society, consumers, politics, media, and language. Playful and serious work.
http://www.languagewrangler.com/
(Added: Wed Apr 05 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- 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.
http://www.braintique.com/barticles/writing/what/TOC.shtml
(Added: Sat Apr 08 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- CBC News: Words, Woe & Wonder
An in-depth look at the words we use from CBC News.
http://cbc.ca/news/indepth/words/
(Added: Mon Apr 10 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Cliche
List of 2000 English cliches with some statistical and literary notes on their use.
http://www.angelfire.com/nd/danscorpio/word3.html
(Added: Mon Apr 10 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Cliche Finder
A searchable database of overused expressions, with a fun feature creating a random list.
http://www.westegg.com/cliche/
(Added: Sun Apr 02 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- 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.
http://www.clichesite.com/index.asp
(Added: Mon Apr 10 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Common Errors in English
Clear and concise explanation of the difference between correct and incorrect usage in American English spelling, grammar and idiom, with entertaining examples.
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/
(Added: Sun Apr 02 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Correct Punctuation
A brief guide to correct English punctuation.
http://www.correctpunctuation.co.uk
(Added: Mon Apr 10 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- 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.
http://www.crazycolour.com/os/hb05.shtml
(Added: Thu Apr 06 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Deadwood Phrases
Offers a list of alternatives to common deadwood phrases to help make writing clearer.
http://www.pnl.gov/ag/usage/deadwood.html
(Added: Thu Mar 30 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Dr. NAD's Prig Page.
Tests of usage, built interactively.
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/5229/p_.htm
(Added: Mon Apr 10 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- 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.
http://www.e-dition.net/dictionary.html
(Added: Thu Mar 30 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Einfoweb: Punctuation and Grammar
Help on punctuation and another page on grammar.
http://www.einfoweb.com/punctuation/
(Added: Fri Apr 07 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Ewriting
Easy to learn electronic writing style that will speed up email and online chatroom discussions.
http://www.e-writing.info
(Added: Mon Apr 10 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Exploring English
An online tutorial for the parts of speech with style notes for the English Language.
http://www.shared-visions.com/explore/english/
(Added: Sat Apr 08 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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