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Grammar Resources


Online Books and References
Bartleby.com
http://www.bartleby.com
Home of a number of classic grammar, writing and style books.

Bartlett's Quotations
http://www.bartleby.com/100/

Chicago Manual of Style
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html

Elements of Style
http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html

The King's English
http://www.bartleby.com/116/

The Ultimate Resource Guides for MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE
http://www.guidetoonlineschools.com/tips-and-tools/mla-apa-chicago-cse
An incredible collection of links to resources relating to the major style guides, including books, updates, tutorials, programs, sample research papers, guides to citation and style, and more.

Grammar Sites
CuteWriting
http://cutewriting.blogspot.com
A good selection of grammar tips.

Daily Grammar
http://www.dailygrammar.com
Sign up for an e-mailed grammar lesson for five days of the week, with a quiz the sixth.


English Practice
http://www.englishpractice.com
A good selection of short "lessons" on various grammatical topics (e.g., why adjectives are usede in a particular order).

Essay Writing Resources
http://www.accredited-online-college-degrees.com/essay.html
Though aimed primarily at students, this site has a wealth of information on how to research, organize and write essays and various types of papers.

Garbage In, Garbage Out: Errors Caused by Over-Reliance on Spelling Checkers
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/spellcheck.html
A list of commonly confused/misspelled words, usage errors, and "other strange and amusing word confusions." See a related blog at http://wmjasco.blogspot.com/search/label/Common%20Errors%20in%20English%20Usage

Garbl's Writing Center
http://garbl.home.comcast.net

Grammar and Style Notes
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/
An English professor's "miscellany of grammatical rules and explanations, comments on style, and suggestions on usage."

Grammar and Usage for the Non-Expert
http://www.grammartips.homestead.com/articleindex.html

Grammar Grabbers
http://www3.sympatico.ca/bill.cutler/INDEX.HTM
Subtitled "A not so serious guide to English grammar."

Guide to Grammar and Writing
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
Basic grammar tips, hotline, interactive quizzes, quotes, links, FAQ, more.

Interesting Things for ESL Students
http://www.manythings.org
The grammar and word-games pages may be of interest to any writer.

Linguistic Fun Page
http://www.ojohaven.com/fun/
Links to amusing and helpful references on grammatical use and misuse, such as misquoted quotes, funny translation errors, "The Book of Cliches," and more.

MLA Style Guide
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
This site explains how to format works according to the standard, generally accepted MLA style, including how to cite references both within the text and in one's bibliography. Worth a look as citation rules have changed in the Internet age.

On Line English Grammar
http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/index.cfm
Tips, exercises, a "grammar clinic," and practice pages.

Online English Phrase Checker
http://www.oleng.com.au/phrase-checker.html
Check how a phrase (or word) is used and in what contexts, and how often.

Online Guide to Writing and Research
http://www.umuc.edu/prog/ugp/ewp_writingcenter/writinggde/welcome.shtml
An online book about how to write effectively; aimed primarily toward academic writing.

Rules for Using a Comma
http://www.writingenglish.com/comma.htm
If you're wondering whether to put that, comma, in or leave it, out, check out this page!

The Self-Editing Blog, by John Marlow
http://www.selfeditingblog.com/
One of the clearest and most readable selections of editing, grammar and usage tips that I've come across in a long time. It has some great articles on "using the wrong word" that I wish some of my favorite authors (or at least their copyeditors) had read.

The Tongue Untied
http://www.grammaruntied.com/
"The Tongue Untied provides instruction in basic grammar, sentence structure and word choice, as well as rules for punctuation. including practice exercises and quizzes."

The Ultimate Resource Guides for MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE
http://www.guidetoonlineschools.com/tips-and-tools/mla-apa-chicago-cse
An incredible collection of links to resources relating to the major style guides, including books, updates, tutorials, programs, sample research papers, guides to citation and style, and more.

University of Kansas Writing Guide
http://www.writing.ku.edu/~writing/guides/
Links to a variety of writing resources, with an emphasis on scholarly/academic writing.

UVic Writer's Guide
http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/
Designed primarily to assist in writing essays and papers, this site contains many useful tips on style, presentation, organization, and similar topics.

Vocabula Review
http://www.vocabula.com
Online journal about the state of the English language, including grammar tips.
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Recommended Reading


The Deluxe Transitive Vampire: The Ultimate Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed


Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation


The Elephants of Style: A Trunkload of Tips on the Big Issues and Gray Areas of Contemporary American English

It Was the Best of Sentences, It Was the Worst of Sentences: A Writer's Guide to Crafting Killer Sentences

The New Well-Tempered Sentence: A Punctuation Handbook for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed

On Writing Well

Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose

Woe is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English

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