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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

A book by Joseph M. Williams, late professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Chicago. The author claims and aspires to demonstrate that “it is good to write clearly, and anyone can.” (Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace (9th Edition) 4). The book, based on a course, "The Little Red Schoolhouse," taught for many years at Chicago by Williams,1 has gone through numerous editions and become a popular text for writing classes.

This website is a place for technical editors to:

• Share knowledge, experiences and resources
• Demonstrate to writers, managers and others the wide range of knowledge and skills technical editors have to offer

Welcome to English Club, a site to help you learn English or teach English as a second language. Access to all pages is free. You'll find everything from lessons for students to jobs for teachers, including interactive pages such as forums, games, quizzes, chat, help and penpals.

The "Technical Editing" category on the EServer Technical Communication Library contains articles and resources on editing.

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!

The AP Stylebook Online takes the standard-setting AP Stylebook and adds online functionality. It is searchable and it's updated live as the AP adds or changes its style listings.

This book is mainly an attempt to be precise about the types of difficulties to be found in basic writing papers and beyond that, to demonstrate how the sources of those difficulties can be explained without recourse to such empty terms as 'handicapped' or 'disadvantaged.' This book is divided into sections of difficulty such as, handwriting and punctuation, syntax, common errors, spelling, vocabulary, and beyond the sentence.

Blog of Mike Billings, an assistant city editor at a San Francisco newspaper. "You can talk about commas here without fear of scorn or looks of confusion."

A blog for editors, editors at heart, and anyone else who thinks grammar is hot.