Grammar and Writing Resources

Grammar and Language Usage

A Web of Online Grammars
yourDictionary.com Paoli, PA.
url: http://www.yourdictionary.com/grammars.html

Grammar and Style Notes
Copyright Jack Lynch
url: http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/

WordNet- A Lexical Database for English
"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.". Developed by the Cognitive Science Laboratory, Princeton University.
url: http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~wn/

The Write Site
The Write Site is designed for the students and staff of the University of Sydney by the Flexible Online Learning Team, College of Humanities and Social Sciences. It provides online support to help you develop your academic and professional writing skills. Each module provides descriptions of common problems in academic and professional writing and strategies for addressing them. You will see samples of good writing and also do some practice activities in error correction. To access the website, simply enter your UniKey password.
url: http://writesite.chass.usyd.edu.au

On-line English Grammar
url: http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/index.cfm

Interactive Grammar.
url: http://www.ruthvilmi.net/hut/LangHelp/Grammar/interactive.html

Elements of Style (William Strunk)
Strunk, William, Jr. 1918. Elements of Style. Text available via the Bartleby Project.
url: http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html

Fundamentals of English Grammar:Description and Use
Copyright © 1999 Donald E. Hardy. All Rights Reserved
url: http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html

The King's English.
H. W. Fowler; 2nd edition. 1908. Text made available via the Bartleby Project.
url: http://www.bartleby.com/116/index.html

Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar
url: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/text?lookup=ag+gram.+toc

Latin Grammar
Kevin Cawley, University of Notre Dame Archives.
url: http://www.nd.edu/~archives/latgramm.htm

Linguistic Phenomena/Devices
"List of some of the lesser known linguistic phenomena and devices used in English writing." Compiled by K. Barker at the University of Ottawa, Canada.
url: http://www.csi.uottawa.ca/~kbarker/ling-devices.html

Guide to Grammar and Writing
Hosted by Capital Community College; Hartford, Connecticut. Comprehensive source gor grammar and writing.
url: http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm

Writing Skills

National Writing Centers Association/International Writing Centers Association
url: http://www.dtcc.edu/wilmington/wc/nwca.html

On-line Writing Laboratories
Links to on-line writing labs and handbooks.
url: http://www.surrey.ac.uk/ELI/writelab.html

Purdue University On-line Writing Lab
Compiled by James J. O'Donnell, University of Pennsylvania.
url: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

Online Writing Guide
From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
url: http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/index.htm

Paradigm: Online Writing Assistant
Compiled by Chuck Guildford, Boise State University.
url: http://www.powa.org/

Plain English at Work
Produced for Australia's Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs (DEETYA) and the Australian National Training Authority (ANTA) by Susan Munter Communications. Includes brief sections on writing and design tips.
url: http://www.detya.gov.au/archive/publications/plain_en/homepage.htm

UMI Dissertation Services
url: http://www.umi.com/hp/Support/DServices/

Wired Style:Principles of English Usage in the Digital Age
From Hotwired an online imternet magazine.
url: http://www.hotwired.com/hardwired/wiredstyle/

Yale Web Style Guide
Patrick J. Lynch
url: http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/

Writing for Multimedia
Michael Butzgy. 1996.
url: http://home.earthlink.net/~atomic_rom/contents.htm

Inkspot
Resource guide for writers and publishers.
url: http://www.inkspot.com/

Cliche Finder
url: http://www.westegg.com/cliche/

Thesis and report writing

The Thesis Guide
The latest edition to thesis writing published by the Sydney University Postgraduate and Research Association.Includes links to binding, typing, proofreading and photocopying and scanning services.
url: http://www.usyd.edu.au/su/supra/Sections/Publications/Regular_Publications/Thesis_Guide.html

Writer's Handbook
Produced by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center this website includes sections on thesis writing, writing about literature, research papers, science writing, proposal writing, dissertation writing and writing reviews, as well as grammar and punctuation and how to cite references.
url: http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/

Writing a thesis in the Social SciencesUniversity of York (UK)
url: http://www.york.ac.uk/admin/gso/wrtgthss.htm

Plagiarism

Student Plagiarism: Course Work, Policy and Procedure
The University of Sydney Academic Honesty in Coursework Policy.
url: http://www.usyd.edu.au/senate/policies/Plagiarism.pdf

Plagiarism (Ohio University)
Information and links to information on how to avoid plagiarism from Ohio University.
url: http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/help/plagiarism.html

Plagiarism (North Western University)
Good explanation with examples of what contitutes plagiarism.
url: http://www.northwestern.edu/uacc/plagiar.html

Plagiarism (University of Northern British Columbia)
From the University of Northern British Columbia. Learning Skills Centre online information for writing skills.
url: http://quarles.unbc.edu/lsc/rpplagia.html

Writing Book Reviews

How to Write a Book Review
Dalhousie University Libraries, Ian Colford on July 21, 1999. Includes sources for locating book reviews
url: http://www.library.dal.ca/how/bookrev.htm

Academic Writing: Critical Reviews
From the Writing Handbook University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center.
url: http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/CriNonfiction.html