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Paul Brians of Washington State University created and maintains this site with flair. |
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In addition to the serious stuff, he includes Mr. Gradgrind’s answers to rhetorical questions, such as “What is so rare as a day in June,” and “Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf.” |
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Jack Lynch of Rutgers University has packed this site with information. |
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Click on “Guide to Grammar & Style” to explore its many facets. And, should you want to know anything about a moose, Click on “Moose Resources.” Never let it be said that an English professor doesn’t have a sense of humor. |
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Created and maintained by Robin Nobles, an author and teacher, this site has links to the above two sites, as well as many others of interest to writers. |
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This idiosyncratic site is the work of Bill Walsh of the Washington Post. |
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In segments with titles like Carets & Sticks, and Sharp Points, Walsh presents views on writing of special interest to journalists. |
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Charles Darling of Capital Community College maintains this site, which presents half a dozen menus to choose from (e.g., Word & Sentence Level, Ask Grammar, Quizzes, and Index). |
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Includes an extensive list of Notorious Confusables. |
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The Online English Grammar, created by Anthony Hughes, provides free online English grammar resources. |
Eventually you may want to take a look at the desktop version as an investment. |
My favorite is the quick alphabetised access to a list of grammer definitions. See TOC. |
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Beginners’ Central, where you will find basic information about downloading, advanced search techniques, and so on, plus Myths of the Internet and a glossary. |
www.northernwebs.com/bc |
This domain is no longer available, that is the name of the game with domain lifespans. |
If anyone knows where this picks up at, let us know. |
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Topics include avoiding scams, Great Web Sites, glossary, and a free newsletter, “What’s New about the Web.’ |
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Basic information for Web novices. |
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Includes the offer of a free Tweak Freak Newsletter to “show you how to squeeze every last drop of performance out of your system.” |
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"Your Digital Media Reference Source." |
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Includes definitions and links to online resources, but not as rich a resource as a dictionary in print form. |
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Decodes acronyms for you. |
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Computer, telephony, and electronics glossary. |
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Glossary of Internet terms, such as HTML and ethernet, as well as abbreviations like nrn (no reply necessary) and rotfl (rolling on the floor laughing). |
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"A one-stop reference center for anyone who writes, edits, or checks facts." |
writetools.com |
No longer a functional site and those Zip Codes can be access by www.usps.com |
Sources include everything from Almanacs to Zip Codes. |
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"Free research tools for journalists" include grammar and style guides. |
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Extensive information about writing for the World Wide Web. |
www.thescratchingpost.com/wordsmithshop/writing.html |
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Extensive information about writing for the World Wide Web. |
One of my favorite places to visit. |
Welcome to Wordsmith.Org, the home of: A.Word.A.Day: the newsletter, the book, Wordlovers' Library Project, Internet Anagram Server, The Wordserver, Listat |
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Includes dictionaries, thesauruses, grammar and punctuation guides, quotations (one of the more commercial sites). |
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Includes a PDF version of “Writing User-Friendly Documents” and offers an Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this PDF version. Look for “Plain English Handbook.” |
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This site is maintained by Clarity, a “worldwide lawyers’ group campaigning for plain legal language.” |
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All of the Above |
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Well, maybe not quite “all,” but author Richard Lederer has come close to creating an omnipurpose language Website. A click on “Language Links on the Internet” provides a host of choices: Etymology, Grammar & Usage, Language Columns (e.g., Grammar Lady, Word for Word), Puns, Word Games, Vocabulary Development, Dictionaries; “Other Language Reference Links” leads to yet another layer of word stuff (e.g., slang, cliché’s, new words, American vs. English usage). It also includes excerpts from LedererŐs books and information about his lecture tours. |
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updated: 15-jun-05 |
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