Grammar

Armchair Grammarian  Here you will find a compilation of the fundamental usage of English grammar and the underlying rules of punctuation. 

Ask Oxford  ASK THE EXPERTS · BETTER WRITING · WORLD OF WORDS · GAMES · GLOBAL ENGLISH · FOREIGN LANGUAGES 

Dr. Grammar  Your Rx for Writing Ills.

Strunk & White "Elements of Journalism"  A classic reference book that is a must-have for any student and conscientious writer. 

Basic Prose Style and Mechanics  Designed to introduce you to, or remind you of, the basic principles of prose style and mechanics

Common Errors in English  The aim of this site is to help you avoid low grades, lost employment opportunities, lost business, and titters of amusement at the way you write or speak.

The Grammar Lady  The purposes of the site are to be helpful, to raise consciousness about correct language use, and to remind everyone of the ways to have fun with language.

Grammarian Links  Links to Grammatical or Literate Websites: Grammar References, Dictionaries, Thesauri Composition, Editorials, and Miscellany Courses and Exercises Mythology, Reviews, and Texts

Guide to Grammar & Style  Some notes that may be useful in making your writing clearer and more effective. It includes specific articles on usage, and more general articles on style.

Guide to Grammar & Writing A Guide to Grammar and Writing and Principles of Composition. The Frequently Asked Questions page and the Guide's Search Engine will also help you find help on grammatical issues, tips on composition, and advice on English usage. 

A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices  Contains definitions and examples of more than 60 traditional rhetorical devices, all of which can still be useful today to improve the effectiveness, clarity, and enjoyment of your writing

Interactive usage test  Test yourself with an interactive quiz of common language usage mistakes. See how well you do!

Online English Grammar  An exhaustive compilation of grammar problems searchable by alphabet, key word, and subject index.

Webster  This online textbook in basic writing offers three approaches to becoming more confident writers. 

Dictionaries

American Heritage Book of  English Usage  A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English. With a detailed look at grammar, style, diction, word formation, gender, social groups and scientific forms, this valuable reference work is ideal for students, writers, academicians and anybody concerned about proper writing style.

Bartleby.com  WITCH PICK!!! All Reference: Columbia Encyclopedia, World History Encyclopedia, World Factbook, Columbia Gazetteer, American Heritage Coll. Dictionary, Roget's Thesauri, Roget's II: Thesaurus Roget's Int'l, Thesaurus Quotations, Bartlett's Quotations, Columbia Quotations, Simpson's Quotations, English Usage, Modern Usage, American English, Fowler's King's English, Strunk's Style, Mencken's Language, Cambridge History, The King James Bible, Oxford Shakespeare, Gray's Anatomy, Farmer's Cookbook, Post's Etiquette, Brewer's Phrase & Fable, Bulfinch's Mythology, Frazer's Golden Bough ----- All Verse:  Anthologies, Dickinson, E. Eliot, T.S. Frost, R. Hopkins, G.M. Keats, J. Lawrence, D.H. Masters, E.L. Sandburg, C. Sassoon, S. Whitman, W. Wordsworth, W. Yeats.

Internet Anagram Server A word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase. For exampe, Elvis to Lives. Here is your chance to discover the wisdom of anagrams. Enter the word or phrase in the form below and press button. 

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary  Word of the Day, Word Games, Word for the Wise, Books and CDs, Online Education, Help and FAQ 

RagingSearch Translation  Translate into and from English to 19 languages. Translate a block of type or a website.

RhymeZone  Type in a word below to find its rhymes, synonyms, definitions, and more. 

SpellCheck.net  Enter a word to spell check. Also translater, calculator, dictionaries and more. 

Thesaurus.com  Search in the much improved and thoroughly up-to-date Roget's Interactive Thesaurus. 

OneLook.com  View dictionaries of this type: All, General, Art, Business, Computing, Medicine, Miscellaneous, Religion, Science, Slang, Sports, Technology. 

Refdesk.com       WITCH PICK!!! Bills itself as "the single best source for facts on the Net. A portal for news, words, everything.

Your Dictionary.com   Uses the database of The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition (AHD), published by Houghton-Mifflin Company. It will soon be joined by the world-famous 3rd edition of the Roget's Thesaurus.

Webster's Dictionary   Merriam Webster Searchable Dictionary plus Word of the Day, Word Games, Word for the Wise, Books and CDs, Online Education, Help and FAQ.

World Assault    Search for definitions of words.

Hypertext Webster Gateway  This hypertext Webster interface provides a point-and-click client interface (for non-linemode browsers) for accessing various dictionary services on the Internet.

Cliches, Idioms, etc.

Cliche Finders

English Idioms Sayings and Slang

The Idiom Connection   English idioms and quizzes.

Style Sources

APAstyle.org excerpted from the 5th edition of the Publication Manual (© 2001). The material provided covers    commonly asked questions regarding how to cite electronic media.

Chicago Manual of Style The Fourteenth Edition of The Chicago Manual of Style is the one essential reference for all who work with words. 

Guide to Citation Style Sources A Brief Citation Guide for Internet Sources in History and the Humanities, including APA-Style Documentation, "American Psychology Association's own web site, Chicago Style, APA & MLA, 
Citing Cyberspace, Lexis/Nexis,  NARA, Duke University Library guide, Turabian styles, Intellectual Property in the Information Age: A Classroom Guide to Copyright; Introduction to Basic Legal Citation, Walker's Home Page, Online Citation Guide written for the Longman English site, Online! Citation Styles,  Sarah Byrd Askew Library - Citing Electronic Resources and Uncle Sam - Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications. 

Columbia Guide to Online Style  The unique element approach used makes this a useful reference book for citing electronic sources regardless of the specific bibliographic style you may be required to use.

The Times Online Style Guide

Newswatch Style Guide

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia.com   Keyword search;  Use Encyclopedia.com's Topic Tracker to get the latest information on your favorite topic delivered free to your email.

Miscellaneous

Gateway to Journalism  Useful Sources for Information in a Search Strategy Format.

Indispensible Writing Sources  This page includes links to the online versions of general style guides, such as the APA Style Guide and Chicago Manual of Style, as well as many others. You can find dictionaries and other writing tools at Internet Reference Resources.

Neiman Reports   Access Nieman Reports articles and issues from the past four years.

Newsroom Leadership   To help editors become leaders. Archives contains short, practical essays on newsroom management e-mailed each week to more than 4,000 newspaper editors around the world.

Plagiarism    What it is and how to recognize and avoid it.

The Slot.com      WITCH PICK!!! A SPOT FOR COPY EDITORS. See Sharp Points and Carets and Sticks.

Wired Style Bibliography   This Web site is an ongoing, dynamic, open-to-the public space where the contents of the book Wired Style: Principles of English Usage in the Digital Age (HardWired, 1996) are debated and updated. Bibliofile has a bibliography and web site bookmarks.

The NewsPlace.org   Lots of resources including grammar and other links. 

The Vocabulary Review Language Links  Everything you need is on this site.

Words

  (for more go to miscellaneous page and see Word Games)

Acronym Finder  Find out what those acronyms and abbreviations stand for.

All Words   Multilingual search and links for word-lovers.

Buzzwhack     WITCH PICK!!! Dedicated to de-mystifying buzzwords.

100 Worst Groaners Hackneyed, overblown, stuffy or just plain silly clichés. 

Rhyme  Zone                                                                          

Synonym Dictionary Look up a word or add a new entry.

The Word Detective   Words and language in a humorous vein on the Web since 1995.

Word Spy    WITCH PICK!!! This Web site and its associated mailing list are devoted to recently coined words and phrases, old words that are being used in new ways, and existing words that have enjoyed a recent renaissance. These aren't "stunt words" or "sniglets," but new words and phrases that have appeared in newspapers, magazines, books, press releases, and Web sites.

Take Our Word   The bi-weekly word-origin Webzine. 

Verbivores   A humorous web site woven for wordaholics, logolepts, and verbivores (verbivores devour words).

Wordsmyth   A collection of tools for working and shaping the linguistic resources of Wordsmyth into a variety of uses. (must register). 

World Wide Words  International English from a British point of view.

Writing

Copydesk.org   The home of the American Copy Editors Society. 

Paradigm Online Writing Assistant   Intended to be useful for all writers, from inexperienced to advanced.

Resources for Writers and Writing Instructors   A miscellaneous group of writing resources serving as a supplement to grammar and style guide by Jack Lynch of Rutgers University.

The Power of Word/Providence Journal   Weekly lessons on the craft of newspaper writing, from the staff of The Providence Journal.

Power Reporting Research Tools

Purdue Online Writing Lab   Resources for writing and doing research online. 

University of Richmond Writing Lab  Handbook, training materials, links, and more.

Words of the Year  Goes back to 1990; plus other tools

Writing Workshop University of Illinois   Grammar and usage problems.