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Weblinks - Online Writing Resources

Grammar, Punctuation, and Vocabulary Guides

"The Basic Elements of English: An Interactive Guide to Grammar" (U of Calgary)
http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/eduweb/grammar/

Dave's ESL Café
http://www.eslcafe.com/

English Club
http://grammar.englishclub.com/

Grammar Slammer! (University of Colorado)
(click on "Other Links," then look under Grammar Help)
http://web.uccs.edu/wrtgcntr/

U of Colorado "Guide to Grammar and Writing"
(click on "Other Links," then look under Grammar Help)
http://web.uccs.edu/wrtgcntr/

Jack Lynch, "Guide to Grammar and Style"
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/

Donald E. Hardy, "Fundamentals of Grammar: Description and Use"
http://textant.colostate.edu/grammarbook/title.html

Noun and Pronoun Agreement
http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/npagree.html

Guide to Grammar and Writing
http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/

Malasapina's Electronic Tutor
http://www.mala.bc.ca/www/wac/tuts1.htm

ESL Quiz Centre
http://a4esl.org/q/h/

Sentence Fragments and Run-ons
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/fragments.html

Explaining Parts of Speech
http://english.ttu.edu/uwc/partsspeech.htm

Parallel Structure
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_parallel.html

Mixed Constructions
http://cctc2.commnet.edu/grammar/confusion.htm#mixed_constructions

Punctuation Rules
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_overvw.html

Phrasal Verb Demon
http://takeoff.to/phrasalverbs

Writing Strategies

UBC Writers' Workshop
http://www.writingcentre.ubc.ca/workshop/

Online Tutorial for Writing Arguments
http://www.powa.org/argument/form.html

U of Victoria English Writer's Guide
http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/MasterToc.html

Grant Williams, U of Nipissing, "Figures of Speech Tables"
http://www.nipissingu.ca/faculty/williams/figofspe.htm

Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
http://www.powa.org

* Strunk and White, The Elements of Style
http://www.bartleby.com/141/

Prewriting Strategies
http://uwc.tamu.edu/handouts/started/

Topic Sentences
http://www.english.ttu.edu/uwc/topicsen.html

Writing Clear and Concise Sentences
http://www.wisc.edu/writetest/Handbook/ClearConciseSentences.html

Paragraph Development:
http://www.english.ttu.edu/uwc/coordination.html

Developing Coherent Paragraphs
http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/parag.html

Editing and Proofreading Strategies for Revision
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_edit.html

Taking Notes from Research Reading
http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/notes.html

Help with Citations

Simon Fraser University, "English MLA Style Guide"
http://www.sfu.ca/english/styleguide.html

Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism
http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/citing.htm

Citation and Style Guides
http://library.concordia.ca/help/howto/citations.html

APA Style
http://www.apastyle.org/

Format for in-text citations
http://www.apastyle.org/electext.html

Helpful Writing Centre Sites

Princeton University's Writing Center
http://web.princeton.edu/sites/writing/

Purdue Online Writing Lab
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

UBC Writing Centre
http://www.cstudies.ubc.ca/wc/index.html

Interlink Language Centers
http://www.eslus.com/LESSONS/GRAMMAR/POS/pos.htm

* Last Updated: June 2003