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This lens is a collection of writing resources that complements my blog, Writing, Clear and Simple.
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Questions about grammar or style? Check these resources
A list of online style and grammar resources. Please let me know if you find any broken links.
- Guide to Grammar and Style
- This online guide is the work of Jack Lynch, an Associate Professor of English at Rutgers. Of the guide, Lynch says "These notes are a miscellany of grammatical rules and explanations, comments on style, and suggestions on usage I put together for my classes. Nothing here is carved in stone, and many comments are matters of personal preference - feel free to psychoanalyze me by examining my particular hangups and bêtes noires."
- The Economist Style Guide
- A style guide for writers at The Economist.
- The Elements of Style, First Edition
- This is the original, 1918, edition William Strunk's oft-cited The Elements of Style. It's old, but there's still good advice here.
Writing and Language Blogs
Blogs focussing on writing and language
- Writing Tools
- A blog associated with Roy Peter Clark's book Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer.
Reference Shelf
Online dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, etc.
- The Free Dictionary
- English, Medical, Legal, Financial, and Computer Dictionaries, Thesaurus, Acronyms, Idioms, Encyclopedia, a Literature Reference Library, and a Search Engine all in one!
- Online Etymology Dictionary
- "A map of the wheel-ruts of modern English."
- OneLook Reverse Dictionary
- Describe a concept and get back a list of words and phrases related to that concept.
