- Slang City
Writing about American slang.
http://www.slangcity.com
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- Society for the Preservation of English Language and Literature
Bimonthly publication, SPELL/Binder, contains articles on grammar, usage, word origins, and other subjects of interest to language lovers.
http://www.spellorg.com/
(Added: Thu Apr 06 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- SoYouWanna Avoid Common Writing Errors
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.
http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/wrerrors/wrerrors.html
(Added: Mon Apr 10 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Suite 101: Communications Skills
Archive of articles covering writing and speaking skills, with emphasis on clear communication, basic design, communicating with international and multicultural audiences.
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/communications_skills
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- Suite101: English Grammar and Style
Archive of articles about English grammar and style.
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/english_grammar_style
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- The Archive of Endangered, Special, or Fun Words
Writing about and classifying words and language.
http://www.13d.org/esofword/
(Added: Thu Apr 06 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- The Book of Cliches
A compilation of common phrases, euphemisms, and rationales for times of trouble. Organized by occasion.
http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/sybev/cliche/
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- The Economist Style Guide
Guide based on the style book given to all journalists at The Economist.
http://www.economist.com/research/StyleGuide/
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- The MLA Bibliography Composer
Free service that simplifies the process of creating and editing MLA-style bibliographies.
http://www.noodletools.com/noodlebib/
(Added: Thu Mar 30 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing
Popular, award-winning online writing guide. Authoritative help with research, style, structure, major citation styles, mechanics, and revision.
http://www.nutsandboltsguide.com
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- The Philosophy of Punctuation
Paul Robinson's classic essay on periods, commas, semicolons, dashes.
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/721833.html
(Added: Thu Apr 06 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- The Sports Cliche List
A searchable collection of cliches used by American teams, fans, coaches and commentators, with humorous comments and sound clips.
http://www.sportscliche.com
(Added: Thu Mar 30 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- The Tongue Untied
Grammar, punctuation and style for journalists.
http://grammar.uoregon.edu/
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- The Visual Thesaurus
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.
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/online/index.html
(Added: Sat Apr 08 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- The Well Bred Sentence
This book offers an intensive course in sentence construction and punctuation.
http://www.englishgrammartutor.com/Grammar%20Book.htm
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- The Wonderful Writing Skills Unhandbook
An interactive site that uses the writing process to teach writing skills.
http://www.wonderfulwritingskillsunhandbook.com/
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- The Word Centre
Consulting firm dedicated to training businesses to use plain English. Free newsletter and professional editing services.
http://www.wordcentre.co.uk
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- The Word Nerds
A weekly podcast about words, language, and why we say the things we do.
http://thewordnerds.libsyn.com/
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- Top20Composition.com
Online directory for grammar, spelling, punctuation, research, creative writing, and proofreading resources.
http://www.top20composition.com
(Added: Fri Apr 07 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Tribe: Linguistics
Group for discussions of words and language.
http://linguistica.tribe.net/
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- Tribe: Word Freaks
Group for people who love discussing words and writing style.
http://wordfreaks.tribe.net/
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- Tribe: Words of Power
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.
http://powerwords.tribe.net/
(Added: Mon Apr 10 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Verbage
If you are looking for just the right word, you may find it here. If not, you can suggest your own.
http://www.oceansiderevolution.com/verbage
(Added: Thu Mar 30 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Web Typography
The elements of typographic style applied to the web.
http://webtypography.net/
(Added: Thu Apr 06 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Word Fugitives
An interactive column by The Atlantic's Barbara Wallraff. Discovers needs in our language and recommends new words to fill them.
http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/fugitives/index.htm
(Added: Sun Apr 09 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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