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Detailed assistance on APA formatting including many examples and exercises. By David S. Baker and Lynn Henrichsen.
Bibliography of style manuals for scientific research, writing, and presentation. Guides for biology, medicine, chemistry, engineering, geology, and mathematics.
The website for the mailing list A.Word.A.Day (AWAD), which sends a vocabulary word and its definition to the subscribers every day.
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.
Provides recommendations on editorial style and publishing practices for the digital age.
A simple website offering the correct spellings of commonly misspelled words.
From alliteration to zeugma, and everything in between, all the figures of speech are here.
Research, writing, and style guides by I. Lee.
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.
An online grammar book for student editors.
Offers a new tip about English grammar and usage every two weeks. Subscription service available to have tips sent via email.
A site with thoughts on why using sound English is important and on just what "sound English" is.
Highlighting grammar and other writing errors found on the Web.