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SEO Directory  »  The Archive of Endangered, Special, or Fun Words - Writing about and classifying words and language.

SEO Directory  »  AskOxford.com - For questions on English grammar, spelling, and usage. Search a dictionary of words, names or quotations.

SEO Directory  »  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.

SEO Directory  »  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.

SEO Directory  »  Bartleby.com: The Columbia Guide to Standard American English - Kenneth G. Wilson's handbook includes descriptive and prescriptive examples with hyperlinked cross-references.

SEO Directory  »  The Book of Cliches - A compilation of common phrases, euphemisms, and rationales for times of trouble. Organized by occasion.

SEO Directory  »  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.

SEO Directory  »  CBC News: Words, Woe & Wonder - An in-depth look at the words we use from CBC News.

SEO Directory  »  Cliche - List of 2000 English cliches with some statistical and literary notes on their use.

SEO Directory  »  Cliche Finder - Special tool word-searches 3,300 cliches.

SEO Directory  »  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.

SEO Directory  »  Cliche Web - Thousands of cliches. Fully searchable and interactive. Formerly Steve's Cliche List. Since 1995.

SEO Directory  »  Common Errors in English - Catalogue of writing or speaking mistakes and easily confusable words, with corrections.

SEO Directory  »  Correct Punctuation - A brief guide to correct English punctuation.

SEO Directory  »  Dr. NAD's Prig Page. - Tests of usage, built interactively.

SEO Directory  »  Economist Style Guide - Based on the guide given to all journalists at The Economist. Includes quiz.

SEO Directory  »  The Economist Style Guide - Guide based on the style book given to all journalists at The Economist.

SEO Directory  »  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.

SEO Directory  »  Ewriting - Easy to learn electronic writing style that will speed up email and online chatroom discussions.

SEO Directory  »  Exploring English - An online tutorial for the parts of speech with style notes for the English Language.

SEO Directory  »  Findaphrase.com - Free phrase database to help journalists, copywriters and content editors search common phrases.

SEO Directory  »  Focusing on Words - Subscription-based site for vocabulary development, showcasing the Latin and Greek roots of English words.

SEO Directory  »  Frequently Asked Questions about English - Answers to common questions about usage, style, grammar and punctuation.

SEO Directory  »  Garbl's Editorial Style Manual - Provides advice on abbreviations, capitalization, grammar, numbers, plurals, possessives, punctuation, spelling and word usage.

SEO Directory  »  Glossarist.com - A searchable directory of thousands of glossaries and topical dictionaries containing terms and definitions on hundreds of subjects.

SEO Directory  »  Good Grammar, Good Style - Articles and answers to frequently asked questions about grammar, mechanics, and style. Links and bibliography.

SEO Directory  »  Grammar Slammer - This help file indexes style and usage, capitalization, abbreviations, punctuation, letter writing, common mistakes and a grammar glossary.

SEO Directory  »  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.

SEO Directory  »  Guide to Grammar and Style - The information ranges from copy editing to elements of style to discussions. Practical information about the writing craft.

SEO Directory  »  Guide to Grammar and Writing - Digital handouts on grammar and English usage. From subject-verb agreement and use of articles to exercises in parallel structures and argumentative essays. You can submit questions about grammar and writing.

SEO Directory  »  Guides for Better Science Writing - Bibliography of style manuals for scientific research, writing, and presentation. Guides for biology, medicine, chemistry, engineering, geology, and mathematics.

SEO Directory  »  How to Write an Explication - Step-by-step directions to writing an explication. Good and bad examples provided.

SEO Directory  »  Illiterate Businesses - An unabashed rant weblog featuring English-language business signs with grammatical, spelling and/or punctuation errors. Includes a free sign editing offer.

SEO Directory  »  Lingo Factory - A cooperative effort to coin useable terms and then trick people into using them regularly as though they are real words.

SEO Directory  »  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.

SEO Directory  »  Modern Language Association - The Modern Language Association is the official guide to non-fiction writing. Includes a guide to MLA style.

SEO Directory  »  NoodleBib - The MLA Bibliography Composer - A free tool to create, edit, and save your MLA-style bibliography online, then publish it to a Web page, email it, or save it as RTF and open it in Microsoft Word.

SEO Directory  »  Online Classes in Rhetoric, University of Minnesota - The University of Minnesota offers a number of Internet correspondence courses in rhetoric. Sign up here.

SEO Directory  »  Paradigm Online Writing Assistant - Help in discovering, organizing, revising, and editing informal, thesis, argumentative, and exploratory essays.

SEO Directory  »  Pataphysics, Pataphors and Pataphorology - An extended metaphor that creates its own context. A science invented by P.A. Lopez and derived from the science of 'pataphysics as described by Alfred Jarry.

SEO Directory  »  The Philosophy of Punctuation - Paul Robinson's classic essay on periods, commas, semicolons, dashes.

SEO Directory  »  Phrases Thesaurus - A generator of headlines and copy for journalists. Enter a word and the database is searched to provide a list of phrases related to that word.

SEO Directory  »  Plain English at Work - Online guide to using plain English and changing the corporate style. Produced for Australia's Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs and the Australian National Training Authority.

SEO Directory  »  Plain English Campaign - An independent group fighting for plain English in public communication. We oppose gobbledygook, jargon and legalese.

SEO Directory  »  Plain Language Action Network - Promoting clearer communication between the public and government. This site has resources for writers to attain that goal.

SEO Directory  »  Pseudo Dictionary - The dictionary for words that wouldn't make it into dictionaries.

SEO Directory  »  Ralph's Manual of Style - A guide to style, grammar, usage, and more by a guy named Ralph.

SEO Directory  »  Rhetorical Figures - From alliteration to zeugma, and everything in between, all the figures of speech are here.

SEO Directory  »  11 Rules of Writing - Concise guide to some of the most frequently violated rules of writing, punctuation, and grammar.

SEO Directory  »  SDSU Writing Rescource Crib - Offering tips and lively description on grammar, English, and writing.

SEO Directory  »  SecretariesUSA.com - Reference for the home and corporate office, including capitalization, punctuation, spelling, grammar, sentence structure, forms of address, abbreviations, letter styles, and business forms.

SEO Directory  »  Slang City - Writing about American slang.

SEO Directory  »  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.

SEO Directory  »  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.

SEO Directory  »  The Sports Cliche List - A large, searchable collection of sports cliches, lingo, and jargon.

SEO Directory  »  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.

SEO Directory  »  Suite101: English Grammar - Archive of articles about English grammar and style.

SEO Directory  »  Suite101: Word Play - Archived discussions and articles concerning words.

SEO Directory  »  The Tongue Untied - Grammar, punctuation and style for journalists.

SEO Directory  »  Tribe: Linguistics - Group for discussions of words and language.

SEO Directory  »  Tribe: Word Freaks - Group for people who love discussing words and writing style.

SEO Directory  »  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.

SEO Directory  »  Urban Dictionary - A veritable cornucopia of streetwise lingo, posted and defined by its readers.

SEO Directory  »  Verbage - If you are looking for just the right word, you may find it here. If not, you can suggest your own.

SEO Directory  »  Verbivore - Richard Lederer's page, with contact information and a handful of his language-loving articles.

SEO Directory  »  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.

SEO Directory  »  Web Typography - The elements of typographic style applied to the web.

SEO Directory  »  The Well Bred Sentence - This book offers an intensive course in sentence construction and punctuation.

SEO Directory  »  The Wonderful Writing Skills Unhandbook - An interactive site that uses the writing process to teach writing skills.

SEO Directory  »  The Word Centre - Consulting firm dedicated to training businesses to use plain English. Free newsletter and professional editing services.

SEO Directory  »  The Word Detective - The online version of the newspaper column answering readers' questions about words and language. An extensive column and word archive. Written by Evan Morris.

SEO Directory  »  Word Files of Confusing English Words - A presentation of English words that are often confusing with definitions and context examples.

SEO Directory  »  Word Fugitives - An interactive column by The Atlantic's Barbara Wallraff. Discovers needs in our language and recommends new words to fill them.

SEO Directory  »  Word Info - An English vocabulary dictionary with free searches of words from Latin and Greek sources.

SEO Directory  »  Word Lab - A message board where you can request and brainstorm words, names, titles, coinages, puns, phrases, slogans and slang.

SEO Directory  »  The Word Nerds - A weekly podcast about words, language, and why we say the things we do.

SEO Directory  »  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.

SEO Directory  »  Word Quests - Word lists that provide thematic units of English words derived from Latin and Greek sources.

SEO Directory  »  Word Rogues - Tips on writing, English, and grammar. This site also includes active community college English syllabii and links to other writing, grammar sites.

SEO Directory  »  Word Spy - The word lover's web site by Paul McFedries.

SEO Directory  »  Wordelizer - Delve deeply into a word or subject. Quick search of several word and language related sites.

SEO Directory  »  Wordiness - A list of words and phrases to purge from your writing.

SEO Directory  »  WordWizard - Portal for word lovers. Learn about word meanings, slang, quotations, insults, and famous authors. Wordwizard offers a round trip across the English language.

SEO Directory  »  World Wide Words - Explores the history, evolution byways, quirks, and curiosities of the English language. New and recent words and phrases are often featured, as are books on aspects of English. A weekly newsletter is sent by e-mail and RSS.

SEO Directory  »  Writer's Dreamtools - A series of useful tools to enhance writers' and students' creativity, spark ideas and fight writer's block.

SEO Directory  »  Writing For Multimedia - Michael Butzgy's style guide for multimedia.

SEO Directory  »  WritingDEN - Interactive site created to help students improve English reading, writing and listening skills.

SEO Directory  »  Yale Style Manual - For the design of Web pages and Web sites. Covers graphic and information design, page layout, Web graphics, site organization, navigation, and Web multimedia content.