| Directory > Arts > Writers Resources > Style Guides A Research Guide for Students
How to write research papers, and do presentations. Virtual library of links arranged by Dewey
Decimal Classification.
http://www.aresearchguide.com/index.html
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Garbl's Writing Resources Online
Annotated directory of web sites focusing on English grammar, style, usage, plain language, active
writing, words, reference sources, online writing experts, word play and books on writing.
http://home.comcast.net/~garbl/
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Wordiness
A list of words and phrases to purge from your writing.
http://web.uvic.ca/~gkblank/wordiness.html
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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.
http://www.webstyleguide.com/
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Ted's Punctuation Guide
A punctuation guide describing how to use the period, ellipsis, comma, semicolon, colon, question
mark, exclamation mark, quotation marks, parentheses, apostrophe, hyphen, dash, and capitalization.
http://www.polareyegrids.net/~tedmontgomery.com/punctuation/
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The Economist's Style Guide
Entertaining and instructive in-house guide to writing and usage.
http://www.economist.com/research/StyleGuide/index.cfm
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Word Quests
Word lists that provide thematic units of English words derived from Latin and Greek sources.
http://www.wordquests.info
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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.
http://www.phrasefinder.co.uk
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How to Write an Explication
Step-by-step directions to writing an explication. Good and bad examples provided.
http://www.geocities.com/lrampey/2131/explicate.htm
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The Philosophy of Punctuation
Paul Robinson's classic essay on periods, commas, semicolons, dashes.
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/721833.html
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Plain Language Action Network
Promoting clearer communication between the public and governement. This site has resources for
writers to attain that goal.
http://www.plainlanguage.gov/
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World Wide Words
Explores some of the byways history, quirks, curiosities and evolution of the English language.
Columns on a variety of subjects.
http://www.quinion.com/words/
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Glossarist.com
A searchable directory of thousands of glossaries and topical dictionaries containing terms and
definitions on hundreds of subjects.
http://www.glossarist.com/
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Language Wrangler
Provocative essays on word usage, writing ideas and style.
http://www.languagewrangler.com/
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AskOxford.com
For questions on English grammar, spelling, and usage. Search a dictionary of words, names or
quotations.
http://www.askoxford.com/
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Verbage
If you are looking for just the right word, you may find it here. If not, you can suggest your own.
http://www.oceansiderevolution.com/verbage
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Pseudo Dictionary
The dictionary for words that wouldn't make it into dictionaries.
http://www.pseudodictionary.com/index.php
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What is Good Hypertext Writing?
There is more to writing than putting words next to each other, and there is more to writing
hypertext than throwing together a bunch of links. By Julia Degener.
http://kbs.cs.tu-berlin.de/~jutta/ht/writing.html
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The Wonderful Writing Skills Unhandbook
An interactive site that uses the writing process to teach writing skills.
http://www.wonderfulwritingskillsunhandbook.com/
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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.
http://www.mindspring.com/~spellorg/
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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.
http://www.wordsmith.org/awad/index.html
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The Cool Word of the Day Page
From York University in Toronto, Canada.
http://www.edu.yorku.ca/~wotd/
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Exploring English
An online tutorial for the parts of speech with style notes for the English Language.
http://www.shared-visions.com/explore/english/
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Logophilia
The word lover's web site by Paul McFedries.
http://www.logophilia.com/logophilia.html
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Suite101: English Grammar and Style
Archive of articles about English grammar and style.
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/english_grammar_style
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Dan Kurland's Criticalreading.com
Explains the fundamentals of critical reading and writing. Offers a way to recognize what a text
"says," what a text "does," and what a text "means" by analyzing
choices of content, language, and structure.
http://www.critical-reading.com
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CBC News: Words, Woe & Wonder
An in-depth look at the words we use from CBC News.
http://cbc.ca/news/indepth/words/
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Suite 101: Communications Skills
Archive of articles covering writing and speaking skills, with emphasis on clear communication,
basic design, communicating with international and multicultural audiences.
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/communications_skills
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Episodic Writing
Thomas Wolfe, episodic writing, and the future of literary fiction beyond the book.
http://dsl.org/faq/episodic/
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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.
http://www.nutsandboltsguide.com
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Words, Words, and More Words
Discussions and articles concerning words.
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/words
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Frequently Asked Questions about English
Answers to common questions about usage, style, grammar and punctuation.
http://www.alexcommunications.com/faq.htm
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Linguistic Phenomena/Devices
A list of lesser-known features in English writing. Hendiadys, holonyms, and hypernyms.
http://www.csi.uottawa.ca/~kbarker/ling-devices.html
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Deadwood Phrases
Prune the deadwood phrases from your writing. Site lists the worst from A to Z.
http://www.pnl.gov/ag/usage/deadwood.html
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The Sports Cliche List
A large, searchable collection of sports cliches, lingo, and jargon.
http://www.sportscliche.com
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That's Right Words
Articles about grammar information and hints. Australian site. Errs on the side of
"correctness," not that of modern usage.
http://www.rightwords.co.nz/backnews.html
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Macedon's Taberna: The Craft of Writing
Only 10% of writing is talent (maybe less), another 30% is having something interesting to say. The
rest is being able to say it well. Talent and content amount to little without skill, and skill is
what we learn.
http://members.aol.com/MacedonPg/writing.htm
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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.
http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/14-05.html
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Dr. NAD's Prig Page.
Tests of usage, built interactively.
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/5229/p_.htm
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Top20Composition.com
Online directory for grammar, spelling, puncuation, research, creative writing, and proofreading
resources.
http://www.top20composition.com
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APA Style
Official American Psychological Association site includes frequently asked questions, guidelines
for electronic media citations and spelling and ordering information.
http://www.apastyle.org/
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Bartleby.com: The Columbia Guide to Standard American English
Kenneth G. Wilson's handbook includes descriptive and prescriptive examples with hyperlinked
cross-references.
http://www.bartleby.com/68/
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Plain English Campaign
An independent group fighting for plain English in public communication. We oppose gobbledygook,
jargon and legalese.
http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/
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Common Errors in English
Catalogue of writing or speaking mistakes and easily confusable words, with corrections.
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/
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Adding Value to your Links
A bulleted guide to using links effectively in hypertext writing.
http://www.robotwisdom.com/web/value.html
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Grammar Slammer
This help file indexes style and usage, capitalization, abbreviations, punctuation, letter writing,
common mistakes and a grammar glossary.
http://englishplus.com/grammar/index.htm
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WordWatch
Digs up a word or phrase out of the Bank of English and holds it up for inspection and comment.
http://titania.cobuild.collins.co.uk/wordwatch.html
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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.
http://www.e-dition.net/dictionary.html
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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.
http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/wrerrors/wrerrors.html
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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.
http://www.noodletools.com/noodlebib/
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The Word Centre
Consulting firm dedicated to training businesses to use plain English. Free newsletter and
professional editing services.
http://www.wordcentre.co.uk
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The Book of Cliches
A compilation of common phrases, euphemisms, and rationales for times of trouble. Organized by
occasion.
http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/sybev/cliche/
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AmeriSpeak
"Expressions of our American ancestors." The colorful slang of Americans of the 18th,
19th, and early 20th centuries.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/amerispeak.htm
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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.
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/
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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.
http://webster.commnet.edu/hp/pages/darling/original.htm
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KCI: Reader Based Writing Style Guide
Designed to help you bulletproof your writing. Extensive, alphabetical index of points of style.
http://www.kanten.com/styleguide/frames1.html
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Good Grammar, Good Style
Articles and answers to frequently asked questions about grammar, mechanics, and style. Links and
bibliography.
http://www.protrainco.com/info/grammar.htm
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Modern Language Association
The Modern Language Association is the official guide to non-fiction writing. The site includes a
guide to MLA style.
http://www.mla.org
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The Tongue Untied
Grammar, punctuation and style for journalists.
http://grammar.uoregon.edu/
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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.
http://www.clichesite.com/index.asp
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Word Lab
A message board where you can request and brainstorm unique words, names, titles, coinages, puns,
phrases, slogans and slang.
http://www.wordlab.com/
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A Word With You
A daily on-line column, featuring little known facts about well known words and phrases.
http://www.wordwithyou.com/
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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.
http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/fugitives/index.htm
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Rhetorical Figures
From alliteration to zeugma, and everything in between, all the figures of speech are here.
http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Classics/rhetoric.html
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American English
Canadian-American/British translation. Notes on American English, British English, and Canadian
English, in spelling and word choice.
http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/~jphb/american.html
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Verbivore
Richard Lederer's page, with contact information and a handful of his language-loving articles.
http://pw1.netcom.com/%7erlederer/index.htm
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Wired Style
Notes on the emerging language of technology. Reference and discussion tool. Last updated 1997.
http://hotwired.lycos.com/hardwired/wiredstyle/
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Online Classes in Rhetoric, University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota offers a number of Internet correspondence courses in rhetoric. Sign up
here.
http://www.rhetoric.umn.edu/
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Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
Help in discovering, organizing, revising, and editing informal, thesis, argumentative, and
exploratory essays.
http://www.powa.org/
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Cliche
List of 2000 English cliches with some statistical and literary notes on their use.
http://www.angelfire.com/nd/danscorpio/word3.html
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Cliche Finder
Special tool word-searches 3,300 cliches.
http://www.westegg.com/cliche/
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Writing For Multimedia
Style guide for multimedia.
http://home.earthlink.net/~atomic_rom/contents.htm
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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.
http://www.bartleby.com/141/
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WordWizard
Portal for word lovers. Learn about word meanings, slang, quotations, insults, and famous authors.
Wordwizard offers a round trip across the English language.
http://www.wordwizard.com/
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Acronym Finder
Searchable database of 80,000+ acronyms and meanings. Covers: common acronyms, computers,
technology, government, telecommunications, and military acronyms.
http://www.AcronymFinder.com/
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11 Rules of Writing
Concise guide to some of the most frequently violated rules of writing, punctuation, and grammar.
http://www.junketstudies.com/rulesofw/
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Focusing on Words
Subscription-based site for vocabulary development, showcasing the Latin and Greek roots of English
words.
http://www.wordfocus.com/
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