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a web page that is great for conversational speaking (or in our cases writing http://www.travlang.com/languages/

11 Rules of Writing at http://www.junketstudies.com/rulesofw/ points out the basics

A Guide to Grammar and Writing http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/

A Writer's Reference, http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/hacker/writersref/

American dialects http://www.netaxs.com/~salvucci/AmDialhome.html

AmeriSpeak: Expressions of our American Ancestors http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/amerispeak.htm

Author Manual, by McGraw-Hill: http://www.mhhe.com/info/getinv.mhtml

BASIC PROSE, STYLE AND MECHANICS http://www.rpi.edu/dept/llc/writecenter/web/text/proseman.html

Basic Punctuation and Mechanics is just that. It's a good, condensed listing of nice-to-know rules. http://www.rpi.edu/dept/llc/writecenter/web/text/prose2.html#6

Blue book of grammar & punctuation http://www.grammarbook.com/

Rules for comma usage http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/commas.htm

Common english errors http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/errors.html

(The) Curmudgeon's Stylebook http://www.theslot.com/contents.html

Deadwood Phrases http://www.pnl.gov/ag/usage/deadwood.html

English dialects http://www.netaxs.com/~salvucci/EngDialLnx.html

Garbl's Writing Resources Online Excellent guide to online grammar and style websites. http://pw1.netcom.com/~garbl1/writing.html

Getting Your Manuscript Ready for an Agent http://www.ewritersplace.com/a224.php

Glossary of Rhetorical Terms http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Classics/rhetoric.html

Grammar, composition, editing, and proofreading resource. (MW) http://www.grammarnow.com/ http://www.grammarian.com/links.html http://members.home.net/garbl/writing/ GrammarCheck E-mail Newsletter at http://www.grammarcheck.com written by college-level writing instructors (college unnamed), offers proofreading help

Grammar and Style Notes is arranged alphabetically and is quite extensive http://www.english.upenn.edu/~jlynch/grammar.html

Grammar Lady Hotline Tips, resources, columns, and a real Grammar Lady who mans a grammar hotline during the week, 9-5 EST. http://www.grammarlady.com/hotline.html

Grammar Now http://www.grammarnow.com/

Grammar Queen Promises to give "sage advice on how to wipe up those dangling modifiers, pull the plug on passives, pepper your prose with perfectpunctuation... just ask." http://www.grammarqueen.com/

Guide to Grammar and Writing is easy to use and has quizzes. http://cctc.commnet.edu/HP/pages/darling/grammar.htm

Guide to Grammar and Style http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/

Linguistic Phenomena/Devices http://www.csi.uottawa.ca/~kbarker/ling-devices.html

Manuscript formatting: http://www.shunn.net/format.html . . . . An article by William Shunn, presented as a sample manuscript. http://www.shunn.net/format.html A Quick Guide to Manuscript Formats, by Moira Allen http://www.inkspot.com/feature/manuscripts.html MS formatting, queries, etc http://www.eclectics.com/writing/writing.html

Manuscript Formatting FAQ http://www.writersweekly.com/wm121699.htm#pp

On-Line English Grammar has a search tool or you can use the alphabet to help find what you need http://www.edunet.com/english/grammar/index.html#menu

OWL is an enormous collection of handouts and information about every aspect of grammar and punctuation. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/writers/by-topic.html

Phrasal Verbs- http://eslcafe.com/pv/pv-mng.html

Plague Words and Phrases (very good list/explanation): http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/plague.htm

Proper Manuscript format www.shunn.net/format.html

SpellWeb Interesting Web experiment in popularity of misspellings. :-) http://www.spellweb.com/

Spy Lingo http://www.spymuseum.org/educate/loe.asp

Strunk and White is posted at www.bartlebys.com.>

Weasel Words http://www.collegecampus.com/writing/eschew1.html

Writing Exercises test what you know as you go. It's broken down into quizzes with answers afterwards. http://darkstar.engr.wisc.edu/alley/exercises/index.html

Writing for the Net has its own set of preferred styles and content. Wired Style http://hotwired.lycos.com/hardwired/wiredstyle Style Guide for Online Hypertext http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/overview.html extensive guide for web writing in general is Eric Schnell's Writing for the Web at http://bones.med.ohio-state.edu/eric/papers/primer/webdocs.html