- Findaphrase.com
Free phrase database to help journalists, copywriters and content editors search common phrases.
http://www.findaphrase.com/
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- Frequently Asked Questions about English
Answers to common questions about usage, style, grammar and punctuation.
http://www.alexcommunications.com/faq.htm
(Added: Thu Apr 06 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Garbl's Editorial Style Manual
Provides advice on abbreviations, capitalization, grammar, numbers, plurals, possessives, punctuation, spelling and word usage.
http://garbl.home.comcast.net/stylemanual/
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- Glossary of Rhetorical Terms
Rhetorical figures that come with examples. From the Classics Department at the University of Kentucky.
http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Classics/rhetoric.html
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- Good Grammar, Good Style
Articles and answers to frequently asked questions about grammar, mechanics, and style. Links and bibliography.
http://www.protrainco.com/info/grammar.htm
(Added: Sun Apr 09 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Grammar Slammer
This help file indexes style and usage, capitalization, abbreviations, punctuation, letter writing, common mistakes and a grammar glossary.
http://englishplus.com/grammar/index.htm
(Added: Sat Apr 08 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Guide to Grammar and Style
The information ranges from copy editing to elements of style to discussions. Practical information about the writing craft.
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/
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- Guide to Grammar and Writing
Contains scores of digital handouts on grammar and English usage, computer-graded quizzes, and recommendations on writing in various issues. [Acrobat Reader, sound card, and PowerPoint recommended but not required.]
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
(Added: Sat Apr 01 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Guides for Better Science Writing
Bibliography of style manuals for scientific research, writing, and presentation. Guides for biology, medicine, chemistry, engineering, geology, and mathematics.
http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/14-05.html
(Added: Mon Apr 10 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- How to Write an Explication
Step-by-step directions to writing an explication. Good and bad examples provided.
http://www.geocities.com/lrampey/2131/explicate.htm
(Added: Sat Apr 08 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Just Language
A casual and contemporary look at how we humans communicate with each other both at home and abroad.
http://justlanguage.blogspot.com/
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- Lingo Factory
A cooperative effort to coin useable terms and then trick people into using them regularly as though they are real words.
http://lingofactory.tribe.net/
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- Linguistic Phenomena/Devices
A list of lesser-known features in English writing. Hendiadys, holonyms, and hypernyms.
http://www.csi.uottawa.ca/~kbarker/ling-devices.html
(Added: Fri Mar 31 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Macedon's Taberna: The Craft of Writing
Commentary on various technical aspects of writing: the nuts and bolts of narrative.
http://members.aol.com/MacedonPg/writing.htm
(Added: Sun Apr 09 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Modern Language Association (MLA)
Nonprofit membership organization that promotes the study and teaching of language and literature. Includes bibliography, style guide, job board.
http://www.mla.org
(Added: Wed Apr 05 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- NLRB Style Manual
A guide for legal writing in plain English.
http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/legal/manuals/stylemanual.asp
(Added: Sun Apr 09 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Online Classes in Rhetoric, University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota offers a number of Internet correspondence courses in rhetoric. Sign up here.
http://www.rhetoric.umn.edu/
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- Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
Offers step-by-step tips for various writing assignments. Includes organizing, editing, rewriting, documenting, and help for specific types of essays.
http://www.powa.org/
(Added: Thu Mar 30 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Plain English Campaign
Working internationally to try to get public information written in plain English, instead of using gobbledygook, jargon and legalese. Includes examples, with annual awards for the worst offenders.
http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/
(Added: Fri Mar 31 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Plain Language Action Network
Promoting clearer communication between the public and government. This site has resources for writers to attain that goal.
http://www.plainlanguage.gov/
(Added: Sun Apr 02 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Pseudo Dictionary
The dictionary for words that wouldn't make it into dictionaries.
http://www.pseudodictionary.com/index.php
(Added: Mon Apr 10 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Ralph's Manual of Style
A guide to style, grammar, usage, and more by a guy named Ralph.
http://www.rms.hung-sun.com/
(Added: Mon Apr 10 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Richard Lederer's Verbivore
Covers wordplay and puns plus his works, analyses of language and links. Invites email on the subjects.
http://www.verbivore.com/
(Added: Wed Apr 05 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Right Words
A series of short articles about grammar and punctuation, with light hearted examples of common mistakes.
http://www.rightwords.co.nz/backnews.html
(Added: Fri Mar 31 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Secretaries USA
Reference for the home and corporate office, including capitalization, punctuation, spelling, grammar, sentence structure, forms of address, abbreviations, letter styles, business forms, and metric conversions.
http://secretariesusa.com
(Added: Tue Apr 04 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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