These resources focus specifically on grammar, as opposed to style.
HyperGrammar
The electronic grammar course at the University of Ottawa's Writing Centre. This course covers approximately the same ground as our English department's ENG 1320 Grammar course.
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Added: Sep 25, 2009 Last updated: Sep 25, 2009 Hits: 1690
EEI Communication Classes
Includes Intensive Review of Grammar, Advanced Grammar Roundtable, the Style Summit, and many other classes on editing.
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Added: Sep 25, 2009 Last updated: Sep 25, 2009 Hits: 1684
The LetterPress
Grammar matters. Write well. If you don't know a comma splice from a pie slice, join us while we have fun with words, serve up some grammar, and try not to remind you of your ninth-grade English teacher.
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Added: Sep 17, 2009 Last updated: Sep 17, 2009 Hits: 1434
Errors and Expectations: A Guide for the Teacher of Basic Writing
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.
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Added: Aug 11, 2009 Last updated: Aug 11, 2009 Hits: 1349
Oxford Guide to Plain English
Plain English is an essential tool for effective communication. Information transmitted in letters, documents, reports, contracts, and forms is clearer and more understandable when presented in straightforward terms. "The Oxford Guide to Plain English" provides authoritative guidance on how to write plain English using easy-to-follow guidelines which cover straightforward language, sentence length, active and passive verbs, punctuation, grammar, planning, and good organization.
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Added: Dec 16, 2009 Last updated: Dec 16, 2009 Hits: 1209
Podictionary
Every day podictionary delivers a new short story about the history of a common word to thousands of subscribed listeners.
Not only is podictionary an audio word-a-day, but as the number of words grows in the podictionary archive the website is becoming an on-line audio etymology reference of sorts.
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Added: Aug 16, 2009 Last updated: Aug 16, 2009 Hits: 1083
Grammar Girl
Grammar Girl provides short, friendly tips to improve your writing. Covering the grammar rules and word choice guidelines that can confound even the best writers, Grammar Girl makes complex grammar questions simple with memory tricks to help you recall and apply those troublesome grammar rules. Whether English is your first language or second language, Grammar Girl’s punctuation, style, and business tips will make you a better and more successful writer. Mignon Fogarty is the creator and host of Grammar Girl. Grammar Girl is a Quick and Dirty Tips podcast.
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Added: Nov 28, 2008 Last updated: Nov 28, 2008 Hits: 1063
Writer's Digest Grammar Desk Reference
Engaging but not flip, thorough but not overwhelming, Writer's Digest Grammar Desk Reference is the perfect addition to anyone's desk. Practical, thorough, and accessible, Writer's Digest Grammar Desk Reference speaks to a hole in the market: good grammar instruction that's reader-friendly, fun to read, easy-to-understand, and correct.
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Added: Sep 25, 2009 Last updated: Sep 25, 2009 Hits: 1049
Prentice Hall Reference Guide to Grammar and Usage
This brief, spiral-bound handbook is ideal for writers who want a clear, concise, user-friendly reference beside them while they write. Its easy-to-navigate coverage offers a wide variety of traditional topics and ESL tips as well as the most current information on writing with computers, conducting online research, and using MLA, APA, Chicago Manual, CBE and COS citation formats. It also covers all major areas of grammar and mechanics, conducting research in libraries, using the World Wide Web as a resource, documenting and evaluating both print and electronic sources, document design, and writing resumes and cover letters.
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Added: Nov 19, 2008 Last updated: Nov 19, 2008 Hits: 1045