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Writing from A to Z, The Easy-to-Use Reference Handbook
WRITING RESOURCES
• OWLs and Online Writing Centers
Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue. Excellent resources for writers, including instructional handouts on writing concerns and points of grammar. Includes links to dozens of other OWLs.
The Writing Center at Colorado State University. In its Reference Materials are handouts about writing, research, oral presentations, and graphics.
The Writing Center at Hunter College. Online handouts about the writing process, grammar and mechanics, writing research papers, and business and technical writing.
The Writing Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. See especially the links for Online Help for Common Writing Assignments and Problems and the links for HTML and Web Page Design Resources.
• Guides to Grammar and Style
Guide to Grammar and Writing. Concise hypertext guide from Capital Community-Technical College in Hartford, CT.. Includes 150 Interactive Quizzes, an excellent list of Online Resources for Writing, and Grammar FAQs.
Elements of Style by William Strunk, 1918 edition. The first edition of the concise classic guide to style and usage.
• Guides to Writing Papers
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant. Interactive online writer’s guide from Boise State University. Contains practical exercises and activities for each part of the writing process.
Research QuickStudy from the University of Minnesota. Online guide to the research process in the library and online.
Proofreading Symbols. A quick review of proofreading symbols and abbreviations.
• Guides to Writing Online Documents
Web Style Guide. From Yale University, guidelines for the design and editorial content of Web pages.
Good Documents. Guidelines for creating online business documents.
Core Rules of Netiquette. 10 key points for appropriate online communication.
• Words and Phrases
Commonly Confused Words. Definitions and examples of commonly confused words from the Author’s Guide of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Use the Find command on your browser to locate the word that’s confusing you.
Deadwood Phrases. Lists of wordy phrases and ways to tighten them (from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory).
The Word Detective by Evan Morris. Word and phrase origins from Morris’s newspaper column.
• Writing Links
Garbl’s Writing Resources Online. A comprehensive listing of links by a professional writer about grammar, style and usage, plain language, words, reference sources, online writing experts, word play, and a writing bookshelf.
Indispensable Writing Resources. Links to reference materials on the Internet.
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