Some online help for discovering the beautiful intricacies of English grammar

 

Grammar Resources

• The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue
• Online English Grammar from EduFind
• The Good Grammar, Good Style Pages
• Hyper Grammar at the University of Ottawa
• Guide to Grammar and Style by Jack Lynch at Rutgers University
• The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr.
• Common errors in English by Paul Brians
• Grammar guides from the Centre for Independent Learning at Hong Kong University
• Guide to Grammar and Writing from Capitol Community College Foundation
• Research and Grammar Tools from the Economist

Dictionaries and Thesauruses

• The electronic version of Visual Thesaurus (click on “Look it up”)
• Roget’s Thesaurus
• Oxford's Thesaurus
• Merriam-Webster
• Longman Online Dictionary of Contemporary English
• Online Etymology Dictionary can tell you more about word origins

Academic Writing & Style

• Purdue's Online Writing Lab (OWL)
• Using English for Academic Purposes by Andy Gillett
• The Write Place
• Cliche Finder
• Writing Essentials Online by Dawn Rodrigues and Myron C. Tuman
• Features of Academic Writing by Monash University
• Center for Academic Writing at Central European University
• Dartmouth: Composing a paper
• Basic Guide to Writing an essay
• UCSC: How to write research
• WSU: Editing and errors
• Strunk and White's Elements of Style
• American Heritage Book of English Usage
• Bedford St. Martin's Online Citation Guide
• University of Wisconsin Writing Center