Directory: Usage

Copyediting-L is a list for copy editors and other defenders of the English language who want to discuss anything related to editing: Sticky style issues; philosophy of editing; newspaper, technical, and other specialized editing; reference books; client relations; Internet resources; electronic editing and software; freelance issues; and so on.

Rules and realities of English usage from Boston Globe Ideas columnist Jan Freeman.

A handbook (by Theodore Menline Bernstein) of alphabetized entries which provide answers to questions of use, meaning, grammar, punctuation, precision, logical structure, and color.

or, How to Negotiate Good Relationships with Your Writers, Your Colleagues, and Yourself. ach year writers and editors submit over three thousand grammar and style questions to the Q&A page at The Chicago Manual of Style Online . Some are arcane, some simply hilarious—and one editor, Carol Fisher Saller, reads every single one of them. All too often she notes a classic author-editor standoff, wherein both parties refuse to compromise on the "rights" and "wrongs" of prose styling...

An up-to-date guide, Alistair Cockburn, to writing use cases, expanding on the classic treatments into intermediate and advanced concepts, making this guide appropriate for all skill levels.

Grammar web site that includes detailed definitions of common grammar terms, exercises to test your grammar knowledge here, handouts that accompany the interactive exercises, presentations, and useful tips & rules.

SparkNotes now has the ultimate online guide to grammar with quick, easy-to-find answers on everything from commas to semicolons to superlatives and more.

At Wordwizard we're interested in English, in particular the origins of English words or phrases, and English usage. But we're also happy to discuss any interesting aspect of the English language with like-minded people, and try to help anyone with a tricky letter or other writing project

Do you aim to become a member of the literati, or do you wish to be a savant? Do you want to avoid being verbigerative and be succinct instead? Search the Hutchinson Dictionary of Difficult Words' A-Z index of over 13,900 difficult words to increase your vocabulary or just find out what those words really mean!