| 43. Plain Language Action Network |
| Promoting clearer communication between the public and government. This site has resources for writers to attain that goal. |
| http://www.plainlanguage.gov/ |
| 44. Pseudo Dictionary |
| The dictionary for words that wouldn't make it into dictionaries. |
| http://www.pseudodictionary.com/index.php |
| 45. Ralph's Manual of Style |
| A guide to style, grammar, usage, and more by a guy named Ralph. |
| http://www.rms.hung-sun.com/ |
| 46. Rhetorical Figures |
| From alliteration to zeugma, and everything in between, all the figures of speech are here. |
| http://www.uky.edu/AS/Classics/rhetoric.html |
| 47. SDSU Writing Rescource Crib |
| Offering tips and lively description on grammar, English, and writing. |
| http://literature.sdsu.edu/lanzbom/ |
| 48. SecretariesUSA.com |
| Reference for the home and corporate office, including capitalization, punctuation, spelling, grammar, sentence structure, forms of address, abbreviations, letter styles, and business forms. |
| http://secretariesusa.com/ |
| 49. Slang City |
| Writing about American slang. |
| http://www.slangcity.com |
| 50. SoYouWanna Avoid Common Writing Errors |
| We compiled a list of the most common writing errors people tend to make. This is not a primer on grammar or essay-writing. This is a checklist of things which you might well do and which you must stop doing. |
| http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/wrerrors/... |
| 51. Society for the Preservation of English Language and Literature |
| Bimonthly publication, SPELL/Binder, contains articles on grammar, usage, word origins, and other subjects of interest to language lovers. |
| http://www.spellorg.com/ |
| 52. Suite 101: Workplace Communications |
| Archive of articles covering writing and speaking skills, with emphasis on clear communication, basic design, communicating with international and multicultural audiences. |
| http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/communica... |
| 53. Suite101: English Grammar |
| Archive of articles about English grammar and style. |
| http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/english_g... |
| 54. Suite101: Word Play |
| Archived discussions and articles concerning words. |
| http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/words |
| 55. The Archive of Endangered, Special, or Fun Words |
| Writing about and classifying words and language. |
| http://www.13d.org/esofword/ |
| 56. The Book of Cliches |
| A compilation of common phrases, euphemisms, and rationales for times of trouble. Organized by occasion. |
| http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/sybev/cliche/ |
| 57. The Economist Style Guide |
| Guide based on the style book given to all journalists at The Economist. |
| http://www.economist.com/research/StyleGuide/ |
| 58. The Philosophy of Punctuation |
| Paul Robinson's classic essay on periods, commas, semicolons, dashes. |
| http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/72... |
| 59. The Sports Cliche List |
| A large, searchable collection of sports cliches, lingo, and jargon. |
| http://www.sportscliche.com |
| 60. The Tongue Untied |
| Grammar, punctuation and style for journalists. |
| http://grammar.uoregon.edu/ |
| 61. The Visual Thesaurus |
| An exploration of sense relationships within the English language. By clicking on words, you follow a thread of meaning, creating a spatial map of linguistic associations. |
| http://www.visualthesaurus.com/online/index.h... |
| 62. The Well Bred Sentence |
| This book offers an intensive course in sentence construction and punctuation. |
| http://www.englishgrammartutor.com/Grammar%20... |
| 63. The Wonderful Writing Skills Unhandbook |
| An interactive site that uses the writing process to teach writing skills. |
| http://www.wonderfulwritingskillsunhandbook.c... |
| 64. The Word Centre |
| Consulting firm dedicated to training businesses to use plain English. Free newsletter and professional editing services. |
| http://www.wordcentre.co.uk |
| 65. The Word Detective |
| The online version of the newspaper column answering readers' questions about words and language. An extensive column and word archive. Written by Evan Morris. |
| http://www.word-detective.com/ |
| 66. The Word Nerds |
| A weekly podcast about words, language, and why we say the things we do. |
| http://thewordnerds.libsyn.com/ |
| 67. Tribe: Linguistics |
| Group for discussions of words and language. |
| http://linguistica.tribe.net/ |
| 68. Tribe: Word Freaks |
| Group for people who love discussing words and writing style. |
| http://wordfreaks.tribe.net/ |
| 69. Tribe: Words of Power |
| For people who love words, use them, feel them in their mouths as flavorful bursts of energy. This is the tribe for fun with words and receptive learning. |
| http://powerwords.tribe.net/ |
| 70. Urban Dictionary |
| A veritable cornucopia of streetwise lingo, posted and defined by its readers. |
| http://www.urbandictionary.com/ |
| 71. Verbage |
| If you are looking for just the right word, you may find it here. If not, you can suggest your own. |
| http://www.oceansiderevolution.com/verbage |
| 72. Verbivore |
| Richard Lederer's page, with contact information and a handful of his language-loving articles. |
| http://www.verbivore.com/ |
| 73. Web Typography |
| The elements of typographic style applied to the web. |
| http://webtypography.net/ |
| 74. Word Files of Confusing English Words |
| A presentation of English words that are often confusing with definitions and context examples. |
| http://www.wordfiles.info |
| 75. Word Fugitives |
| An interactive column by The Atlantic's Barbara Wallraff. Discovers needs in our language and recommends new words to fill them. |
| http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/fugitives/... |
| 76. Word Info |
| An English vocabulary dictionary with free searches of words from Latin and Greek sources. |
| http://www.wordinfo.info |
| 77. Word Lab |
| A message board where you can request and brainstorm words, names, titles, coinages, puns, phrases, slogans and slang. |
| http://www.wordlab.com/ |
| 78. Word News |
| Efforts have been made to provide some of the best thoughts, ancient and modern, that are particularly appealing for our time and to promote a greater appreciation for the English language. |
| http://www.wordnews.info |
| 79. Word Quests |
| Word lists that provide thematic units of English words derived from Latin and Greek sources. |
| http://www.wordquests.info |
| 80. Word Rogues |
| Tips on writing, English, and grammar. This site also includes active community college English syllabii and links to other writing, grammar sites. |
| http://www.lanzbom.org |
| 81. Word Spy |
| The word lover's web site by Paul McFedries. |
| http://www.wordspy.com/ |
| 82. WordWizard |
| Portal for word lovers. Learn about word meanings, slang, quotations, insults, and famous authors. Wordwizard offers a round trip across the English language. |
| http://www.wordwizard.com/ |
| 83. Wordelizer |
| Delve deeply into a word or subject. Quick search of several word and language related sites. |
| http://www.emse.fr/~yukna/kahula/wordelizer/w... |
| 84. Wordiness |
| A list of words and phrases to purge from your writing. |
| http://web.uvic.ca/~gkblank/wordiness.html |
| 85. World Wide Words |
| Explores the history, evolution byways, quirks, and curiosities of the English language. New and recent words and phrases are often featured, as are books on aspects of English. A weekly newsletter is sent by e-mail and RSS. |
| http://www.worldwidewords.org/ |
| 86. Writer's Dreamtools |
| A series of useful tools to enhance writers' and students' creativity, spark ideas and fight writer's block. |
| http://www.writersdreamtools.com/ |
| 87. Writing For Multimedia |
| Michael Butzgy's style guide for multimedia. |
| http://home.earthlink.net/~atomic_rom/content... |
| 88. WritingDEN |
| Interactive site created to help students improve English reading, writing and listening skills. |
| http://204.244.141.13/writ_den/ |
| 89. Yale Style Manual |
| For the design of Web pages and Web sites. Covers graphic and information design, page layout, Web graphics, site organization, navigation, and Web multimedia content. |
| http://www.webstyleguide.com/ |
