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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. |
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Google PageRank: 7/10 |
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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. |
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Google PageRank: 6/10 |
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Guardian Unlimited - Style Guide
The British newspaper's guide to word usage, grammar and punctuation, edited by David Marsh and Nikki Marshall. Includes 1928 edition in pdf format. |
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Google PageRank: 6/10 |
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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. |
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Google PageRank: 6/10 |
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The Book of Cliches
A compilation of common phrases, euphemisms, and rationales for times of trouble. Organized by occasion. |
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Google PageRank: 6/10 |
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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. |
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Google PageRank: 6/10 |
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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. |
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Google PageRank: 6/10 |
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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. |
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Google PageRank: 6/10 |
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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. |
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Google PageRank: 5/10 |
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Exploring English
An online tutorial for the parts of speech with style notes for the English Language. |
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Google PageRank: 5/10 |
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Garbl's Editorial Style Manual
Provides advice on abbreviations, capitalization, grammar, numbers, plurals, possessives, punctuation, spelling and word usage. |
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Google PageRank: 5/10 |
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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. |
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Google PageRank: 5/10 |
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Pseudo Dictionary
The dictionary for words that wouldn't make it into dictionaries. |
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Google PageRank: 5/10 |
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Slang City
Writing about American slang. |
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Google PageRank: 5/10 |
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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. |
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Google PageRank: 5/10 |
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Suite 101: Workplace Communications
Archive of articles covering writing and speaking skills, with emphasis on clear communication, basic design, communicating with international and multicultural audiences. |
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Google PageRank: 5/10 |
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The Tongue Untied
Grammar, punctuation and style for journalists. |
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Google PageRank: 5/10 |
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The Word Centre
Consulting firm dedicated to training businesses to use plain English. Free newsletter and professional editing services. |
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Google PageRank: 5/10 |
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The Word Nerds
A weekly podcast about words, language, and why we say the things we do. |
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Google PageRank: 5/10 |
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Tribe: Word Freaks
Group for people who love discussing words and writing style. |
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Google PageRank: 5/10 |
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Web Typography
The elements of typographic style applied to the web. |
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Google PageRank: 5/10 |
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Word Info
An English vocabulary dictionary with free searches of words from Latin and Greek sources. |
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Google PageRank: 5/10 |
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Word Lab
A message board where you can request and brainstorm words, names, titles, coinages, puns, phrases, slogans and slang. |
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Google PageRank: 5/10 |
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Word News
Efforts have been made to provide some of the best thoughts, ancient and modern, that are particularly appealing for our time and to promote a greater appreciation for the English language. |
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Google PageRank: 5/10 |
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Wordelizer
Delve deeply into a word or subject. Quick search of several word and language related sites. |
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Google PageRank: 5/10 |
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WritingDEN
Interactive site created to help students improve English reading, writing and listening skills. |
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Google PageRank: 5/10 |
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Braintique: The Natural Way to Write
A process and system for helping people become better writers. Includes exercises, examples, and information about descriptive writing and metaphors. |
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Google PageRank: 4/10 |
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Cliche
List of 2000 English cliches with some statistical and literary notes on their use. |
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Google PageRank: 4/10 |
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Cliche Web
Thousands of cliches. Fully searchable and interactive. Formerly Steve's Cliche List. Since 1995. |
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Google PageRank: 4/10 |
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Ewriting
Easy to learn electronic writing style that will speed up email and online chatroom discussions. |
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Google PageRank: 4/10 |
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Findaphrase.com
Free phrase database to help journalists, copywriters and content editors search common phrases. |
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Google PageRank: 4/10 |
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Illiterate Businesses
An unabashed rant weblog featuring English-language business signs with grammatical, spelling and/or punctuation errors. Includes a free sign editing offer. |
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Google PageRank: 4/10 |
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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. |
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Google PageRank: 4/10 |
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LousyWriter.com
A free online resource to improve your writing skills. Learn how to write, how to use words, how to write sentences, and how to communicate effectively. |
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Google PageRank: 4/10 |
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