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The American Heritage Book of English Usage

http://www.bartleby.com/64/

"A lively and accessible introduction to English usage provides a close-up look at--and explanations of--a range of grammatical problems, including grammar, style, diction, pronunciation, word formation, gender, social groups, and science terms." Browsable and searchable.

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Arts & Humanities--Language & Linguistics--English

Armchair Grammarian

http://community-2.webtv.net/solis-boo/Grammar1/

This site is a "compilation of the fundamental usage of English grammar and the underlying rules of punctuation."

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Arts & Humanities--Language & Linguistics--English

Reference--Style & Writing Guides

Keywords: english; grammar; puctuation;

Auslan 101

http://www.auslan101.com/

"A beginner's guide to learning Australian Sign Language." Lessons demonstrate signs to learn 200 conversational Auslan and Signed English signs in three weeks; fingerspelling also shown.

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Arts & Humanities--Language & Linguistics--English

Keywords: Auslan; Signed English

The Book of Cliches

http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/sybev/cliche/

This source is all about cliches, how to use them and when to use them. It has extensive lists on different cliches for the same thought. This source has an introduction, lists of cliches, awards the site has won, about the author, links to other sites, and contact information.

Author: Sybe Visser (sybev@knoware.nl)

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Arts & Humanities--Language & Linguistics--English

Keywords: Cliches

ClicheSite.com

http://www.clichesite.com/index.asp

Alphabetical listing of commonly used English phrases and expressions. An explanation/definition is given for each expression. Cliches are also indexed by topical category.

Author: DigitalCLICK, Inc.

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Arts & Humanities--Language & Linguistics--English

Reference--Dictionaries--English

Keywords: Cliches; Sayings; Aphorisms

The Columbia Guide to Standard American English

http://www.bartleby.com/68/

"A vigorous assessment of how our language is best written and spoken and how we can use it most effectively, this guide is the ideal handbook of language etiquette: friendly, sensible, reliable, and fun to read. Its 6,500 entries contain thousands of examples, both descriptive and prescriptive, and feature 4,300 hyperlinked cross-references." Searchable.

Author: Kenneth G. Wilson

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Arts & Humanities--Language & Linguistics--English

Common Errors in English

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/

Common Errors in English is "concerned only with deviations from the standard use of English as judged by sophisticated users such as professional writers, editors, teachers, and literate executives and personnel officers. 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."

Author: Paul Brians (brians@wsu.edu)

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Arts & Humanities--Language & Linguistics--English

Arts & Humanities--Literature--Writing

Reference--Style & Writing Guides

Keywords: Spelling; Grammar

English Grammar FAQ

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jlawler/aue.html

Questions and answers about English usage and grammar from a linguistics professor.

Author: John M. Lawler (jlawler@umich.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Language & Linguistics--English

Reference--Style & Writing Guides

Keywords: English; FAQ; Grammar

Grammar and Style Notes

http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/

"These notes are a miscellany of grammatical rules and explanations, comments on style, and suggestions on usage I put together for my classes. The entries here are of two types: specific articles on usage, and more general articles on style. The specific articles can be further divided into two classes: (1) grammatical rules and explanations, matters rather of precedent than of taste; and (2) more subjective suggestions for making your writing clearer, more forceful, and more graceful. The specific articles are intended for quick reference, such as when you have to find out whether which or that is appropriate. The general articles lend themselves to browsing and absorbing over time." Entries are browsable alphabetically. Includes a short bibliography.

Author: Jack Lynch (jlynch@andromeda.rutgers.edu)

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Arts & Humanities--Language & Linguistics--English

Arts & Humanities--Literature--Writing

Reference--Style & Writing Guides

Keywords: Grammar

The Middle English Compendium

http://www.hti.umich.edu/mec/

"The Middle English Compendium has been designed to offer easy access to and interconnectivity between three major Middle English electronic resources: an electronic version of the Middle English Dictionary, a HyperBibliography of Middle English prose and verse based on the MED bibliographies, and an associated network of electronic resources."

Author: Middle English Compendium (mec-info@umich.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--Europe--Middle Ages (Medieval)

Arts & Humanities--Language & Linguistics--English

Arts & Humanities--Literature

Keywords: Middle English

Middle English Search

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/mideng.browse.html

Allows you to search for words and/or phrases in the University of Virginia's Middle English Collection. The works may also be browsed.

Author: University of Virginia Electronic Text Center (etext@virginia.edu)

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Arts & Humanities--Language & Linguistics--English

Origin of Phrases

http://members.aol.com/MorelandC/Phrases.htm

"Phrases usually have meaning that goes beyond the words in the phrase. This page investigates how common phrases came to be. "

Author: Chuck Moreland (morelandc@aol.com)

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Arts & Humanities--Language & Linguistics--English

Keywords: phrase origin

The Phrase Finder

http://www.shu.ac.uk/web-admin/phrases/go.html

"The Phrase Finder is a phrases thesaurus and searchable database of a large collection of English phrases and sayings." This site can be used to find phrases related to a particular word, learn the meaning of a phrase, or determine the origin of a phrase. Also includes a book list of dictionaries, thesauri, and word phrase and origin books.

Author: Sheffield Hallam University (phrases@shu.ac.uk)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Language & Linguistics--English

Reference--Dictionaries--English

Keywords: phrase origin

Take Our Word for It

http://www.takeourword.com/

This weekly web-zine provides origins to words and phrases. Back issues are searchable.

Author: Melanie and Mike (melmike@takeourword.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Language & Linguistics--English

Keywords: word origins; etymology

Traditional Grammatical Terminology

http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/language/Grammar.htm

"A comprehensive, authoritative grammatical reference document. This document offers a detailed, highly structured treatment of grammatical terminology."

Author: A. G. Rigg

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Language & Linguistics--English

Arts & Humanities--Literature--Writing

Keywords: Grammar

The Word Detective

http://www.word-detective.com/

The headline on this page is sure to capture your attention: "Puzzled by posh? Confounded by cattycorner? Baffled by balderdash?" If this describes you, then the Word Detective-something of an "ask the expert" service on word origins-might be just what you need. Word expert Evan Morris writes a weekly column on the origin of words and phrasesbased on questions e-mailed from the public. An archive of old columns is also available.

Author: Evan Morris (questions@word-detective.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Games--Puzzles & Word Games

Arts & Humanities--Language & Linguistics--English

Keywords: Etymology

Word Spy

http://www.logophilia.com/WordSpy/

"This Web site and its associated mailing list are devoted to recentlycoined words, existing words that have enjoyed a recent renaissance, and older words that are now being used in new ways. Each weekday, The Word Spy presents a new word, its definition, and a citation (usually from a major newspaper or magazine) that shows how people are using the word.You also get extra goodies such as background on the word's formation, a list of related words from The Word Spy database, quotations on words and language, and more."

Author: Paul McFedries (paul@mcfedries.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Language & Linguistics--English

Reference--Dictionaries--English

Keywords: Jargon

A Word with You

http://www.wordwithyou.com/

"Entertaining and educational daily column on word origins. Archives of past columns are organized both by month and alphabetically by topic allowing a quick and easy search by word or phrase. The site also has a hangman-style game, an interactive forum, and links to other language sites."

Author: Lawrence Paros and David Middleton

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Games--Puzzles & Word Games

Arts & Humanities--Language & Linguistics--English

Keywords: Etymology

The Word Wizard

http://www.wordwizard.com

"We offer you a range of carefully-selected resources, news about words and writing, contributions from well-known writers about aspects of the English language, information about word or phrase origins, a selection of coinages, quotes and insults, as well as our Slang Street, Public Scribe and other areas where you can participate yourself."

Author: Rufus Miles (info@wordwizard.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Language & Linguistics--English

WordNet

http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~wn/

"WordNet is an on-line lexical reference system whose design is inspired by current psycholinguistic theories of human lexical memory. English nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are organized into synonym sets, each representing one underlying lexical concept. Different relations link the synonym sets." You can search for synonyms, antonyms, hyponyms, troponyms, familiarity, and other relationships. Requires a Java-enabled browser.

Author: Princeton University Cognitive Science Laboratory (ghh@clarity.princeton.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Language & Linguistics--English

Reference--Dictionaries--English

Keywords: Thesaurus; Synonyms; Antonyms

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