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The Family of Nyms: A Writer's Resource

    An introduction to a few members of the nym family.   

The Speculative Grammarian: Scholarly Journal of Satirical Linguistics

Speculative Grammarian calls itself "the premier scholarly journal featuring research in the neglected field of satirical linguistics". I call it the "Thank God I've found other people who love grammar and language and aren't afraid to...

Avoiding Common Grammar Mistakes

When you're online, your words are your first impression. If you're building a business or a reputation as an online writer, it's important to present yourself well. Even casual, conversational writing needs good basic grammar. Professional writing de...

Engrish is Fun

Anyone involved in language learning is well aware of the fact that mistakes are inevitable.  In my opinion, the best way to learn from the mistakes is to laugh at them and continue down the path to linguistic development.  The term En...

Better Living Through Better Grammar

Can you picture James Bond sitting suavely next to a stunning brunette and saying, "You sure is pretty. Why are you here for?" What about Oprah delivering this message to her audience: "There ain't no better physician like Dr. Phil, I...

Vocabulary Books

Vocabulary tips The best way to improve vocabulary is to explore well written material through reading or any other medium, recording all unfamiliar words, looking them up, and keeping a working list of those words. This process is distracting, time...

Style Guides for Academic and Business Writing

One of the challenges students face is learning to comply with writing style guide expectations as they write papers in college. Resources for writing following guidelines including APA, MLA and Chicago Manual of Style are covered in t...

Plain Language aka Plain English

From the Plain Language Wizard at plainlanguage.com, who brought you the very first Internet resources on plain language: The Lens That Tells All! Directions to the people, the books, the blogs, the t-shirts, mugs, and resources on the Internet for t...

Children's books recommended for their use of language

During the childhood years of peak language acquisition, it is critical to acquaint children with good vocabulary and language usage -- language which, when assimilated, will benefit them in school, college, and throughout their lives. These are the...

English Grammar Worksheets

Writings Skills Playsheets The following grammar skills playsheets are provided free to homeschoolers and homeschooling parents and were created to inspire and captivate students who are able to choose what, when and how to study.    Not...

Legalese

  Legalese = Lawyers' Jargon Any other acts whatsoever beyond the reasonable control of the Party affected, then the Party so affected shall upon giving prior written notice to the other be excused from such performance to the extent that such c...

English Usage

A guide to English usage and grammar resources on the Internet.

Legal English

This lens is devoted to the study and teaching of Legal English. It is designed to help non-native English speaking lawyers and law students, as well as teachers of Legal English, find and utilise Legal English learning and practise resources.

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