Purdue OWL - The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material, and they provide these as a free service of the Writing Lab at Purdue. Web Style Guide - A manual covering graphic and information design, page layout, graphics, site navigation, and multimedia content. By Patrick J. Lynch and Sarah Horton. Dr. Abel Scribe PhD - Research Style Guides - Free guides to APA, ASA, CBE, Chicago-Turabian, and MLA show how to document and format college research papers. APA Reference Style - Detailed assistance on APA formatting including many examples and exercises. By David S. Baker and Lynn Henrichsen. APA Style - American Psychological Association rules for formatting papers, in-text citations, and end references. Examples based on the sixth edition of the Publication Manual from the APA. Speaking Writing - Articles on speaking and writing, spelling quiz questions, grammar questions and writing and speaking rules. Word Focus - Words, literature and a word of the day. WordWizard - Portal for word lovers. Learn about word meanings, slang, quotations, insults, and famous authors. Wordwizard offers a round trip across the English language. Cliche Finder - Special tool word-searches 3,300 cliches. Cliche and Word Journey - List of 2000 English cliches with some statistical and literary notes on their use. By Dan Scorpio. Online Classes in Rhetoric, University of Minnesota - The University of Minnesota offers a number of Internet correspondence courses in rhetoric. Sign up here. Word Fugitives - An interactive column by The Atlantic's Barbara Wallraff. Discovers needs in our language and recommends new words to fill them. Word Lab - A message board where you can request and brainstorm words, names, titles, coinages, puns, phrases, slogans and slang. Modern Language Association - The MLA is the official guide to non-fiction writing. Includes a guide to MLA style. The Book of Cliches - A compilation of common phrases, euphemisms, and rationales for times of trouble. Organized by occasion. The Word Centre - Consulting firm dedicated to training businesses to use plain English. Free newsletter and professional editing services. Plain English Campaign - An independent group fighting for plain English in public communication. We oppose gobbledygook, jargon and legalese. Guides for Better Science Writing - Bibliography of style manuals for scientific research, writing, and presentation. Guides for biology, medicine, chemistry, engineering, geology, and mathematics. The Sports Cliche List - A large, searchable collection of sports cliches, lingo, and jargon. Exploring English - An online tutorial for the parts of speech with style notes for the English Language. A.Word.A Day - The website for the mailing list A.Word.A.Day (AWAD), which sends a vocabulary word and its definition to the subscribers every day. Plain Language Action Network - Promoting clearer communication between the public and government. This site has resources for writers to attain that goal. The Philosophy of Punctuation - Paul Robinson's classic essay on periods, commas, semicolons, dashes. Word Quests - Word lists that provide thematic units of English words derived from Latin and Greek sources. G. Kim Blank's Wordiness, Wordiness, Wordiness List - A list of words and phrases to purge from your writing. 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. Wordelizer - Delve deeply into a word or subject. Quick search of several word and language related sites. Writer's Dreamtools - A series of useful tools to enhance writers' and students' creativity, spark ideas and fight writer's block. Lingo Factory - A cooperative effort to coin useable terms and then trick people into using them regularly as though they are real words. The Word Nerds - A weekly podcast about words, language, and why we say the things we do. Verbivore - Richard Lederer's page, with contact information and a handful of his language-loving articles. Slang City - Writing about American slang. Lousy Writer - A free online resource to improve your writing skills. Learn how to write, how to use words, how to write sentences, and how to communicate effectively. 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. Web Typography - The elements of typographic style applied to the web. Urban Dictionary - A veritable cornucopia of streetwise lingo, posted and defined by its readers. WritingDEN - Interactive site created to help students improve English reading, writing and listening skills. Word Spy - The word lover's web site by Paul McFedries. 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. The Well Bred Sentence - Online book offering an intensive course in sentence construction and punctuation. Linguistic Phenomena/Devices - A list of lesser-known features in English writing. Hendiadys, holonyms, and hypernyms. Bartleby.com: The Columbia Guide to Standard American English - Kenneth G. Wilson's handbook includes descriptive and prescriptive examples with hyperlinked cross-references. Pseudo Dictionary - The dictionary for words that wouldn't make it into dictionaries. 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. The Archive of Endangered, Special, or Fun Words - Writing about and classifying words and language. Pataphysics, Pataphors and Pataphorology - An extended metaphor that creates its own context. A science invented by P.A. Lopez and derived from the science of 'pataphysics as described by Alfred Jarry. The Economist Style Guide - Guide based on the style book given to all journalists at The Economist. The Guardian - Style Guide - Guide to word usage, grammar and punctuation for The Guardian and Observer. UK. The Tongue Untied - Grammar, punctuation and style for journalists. Simile Stack - Collection of searchable similes. Useful for writers, editors, bloggers, and anyone looking to add some depth to their writing. Adjectives Starting - A large collection of adjectives listed by their starting letter. MLA Style Center - Guidelines and examples for current MLA procedures. First page format, presenting quotations, and citing books, websites, and nonprint sources. The Chicago Manual of Style Online - Provides recommendations on editorial style and publishing practices for the digital age. Garbl's Editorial Style Manual - Provides advice on abbreviations, capitalization, grammar, numbers, plurals, possessives, punctuation, spelling and word usage. Phrases Thesaurus - A generator of headlines and copy for journalists. Enter a word and the database is searched to provide a list of phrases related to that word. Using the Right Words - A site by Lee Barnathan that informs which word is the proper choice in any given situation. Society for the Preservation of English Language and Literature - Contains articles on grammar, usage, word origins, and other subjects of interest to language lovers. How to Write an Explication Essay - eHow - Step-by-step directions to writing an explication. Dr. NAD's Prig Page - Tests of usage, built interactively. Cliche Site - Clichés, sayings or phrases listed with definitions and explanations. Clichés are organized by subject and alphabetically and you can use the search function. The Punctuation Guide - A brief guide to correct English punctuation. CBC News: Words, Woe & Wonder - An in-depth look at the words we use from CBC News. By Blair Shewchuk. Seldom Used Words - Listed by most recently added words in the database. Center for Plain Language - A non profit organization promoting plain language and helping government agencies and businesses write clearly. Food for Translators - To explore different translation-related techniques and resources, disseminate helpful information, and provide useful tips and insights to those who work with words. Cliche Web - Thousands of cliches. Fully searchable and interactive. Formerly Steve's Cliche List. Since 1995. NLRB Style Manual - A guide for legal writing in plain English. US City Name Misspellings - A comprehensive list of the most common misspellings for US cities. How do you Spell - A simple website offering the correct spellings of commonly misspelled words. Glossary of Rhetorical Terms - From alliteration to zeugma, and everything in between, all the figures of speech are here. English Speaking - Free English speaking tips and daily lessons for beginners. Literary Devices - Literary terms and techniques. Papercheck Style Guide - From the editors of Papercheck, agreed upon standards in this style guide. A Research Guide for Students - Research, writing, and style guides by I. Lee. Knol Dictionary - An interactive dictionary to define every word and every situation by its authors. Honor & Respect: Guide to Names, Titles, and Forms of Address - Forms of formal address to use on correspondence directed to officials in government, armed services, clergy, diplomacy. Forms for current as well as former officials. The Briticiser - Will convert US English spelling to UK English. Alerts when it finds words which can be spelt two ways.