| AmeriSpeak: Common american sayings and what they actually mean. |
| AskOxford.com: For questions on English grammar, spelling, and usage. Search a dictionary of words, names or quotations. |
| Capitalizing: Provides a list of rules and examples. Includes sentences, quotations, proper nouns, names, titles, and scientific nomenclature. |
| Cliche Finder: A searchable database of overused expressions, with a fun feature creating a random list. |
| Common Errors in English: An explanation of common English usage errors and how to avoid making them. |
| Dictionary of English: Clichés, Pretentious Language, and Jargon: Presents a list of examples of three kinds of language to avoid, with an explanation of why they are not recommended. |
| Garbl's Editorial Style Manual: Searchable advice on abbreviations, capitalization, grammar, numbers, punctuation, spelling and word usage. |
| Grammar Slammer: This help file indexes style and usage, capitalization, abbreviations, punctuation, letter writing, common mistakes and a grammar glossary. |
| Guide to Grammar and Writing: Features searchable index of grammatical rules, explanations, comments on style, and usage suggestions. |
| New Words In English: Neologisms and new uses of words in English. |
| Plain English Campaign: Working internationally to try to get public information written in plain English, instead of using gobbledygook, jargon and legalese. Includes examples, with annual awards for the worst offenders. |
| Plain Language: A guide to help writers avoid confusing language and long-windedness. Can be viewed online or downloaded as a PDF. |
| Right Words: A series of short articles about grammar and punctuation, with light hearted examples of common mistakes. |
| The Elements of Style - William Strunk: Principal requirements of plain English style. Focuses on the rules of usage in literature, composition and grammar. |
| The Sports Cliche List: A searchable collection of cliches used by American teams, fans, coaches and commentators, with humorous comments and sound clips. |
| Top20Composition.com: Online directory for grammar, spelling, puncuation, research, creative writing, and proofreading resources. |
| What is Plagiarism?: Answers common questions that students may have on the subject and confronts some of their excuses for not giving proper credit to their sources. |
| WordWizard: Learn about word meanings, slang, quotations, insults, and famous authors. |
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