Online Writing Handbooks, Guides, and Grammar Exercises

• Learn to Write (Colorado State University)
• Academic Writer (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
• Writer's Web (University of Richmond)
• Grammar Handbook (University of Illinois)
• Writing Tips (University of Illinois)
• The OWL at Purdue
• Bowling Green University Writing Handouts/Style-Guide Info
• The Writing Machine
• Exercise Central (St. Martins)
• Ten Most Wanted Grammar Errors
• Grammar Quizzes (Self-Study Quizzes)
• Grammar Zone
• English Grammar on the Web (list of links)
• Hypergrammar at the University of Ottawa

 

Puncutuation (Run-Ons, Fragments, etc.)

• Grammar Outlaw: Comma Splices
• Grammar Outlaw: Fragments
• Grammar Outlaw: Run-ons
• Purdue University Online Writing Lab: Fragments
• Purdue University OWL: Run-ons and Comma Splice

 

Research, Style Guides, Critical Thinking

• Bedford: Research and Documetation (Bedford)
• Mission: Critical (Critical Thinking Course from San Jose State)

 

 

Online Dictionaries

• Encarta
• WordReference.com
• Merrian-Webster Online
• Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online
• Newbury House Online
• YourDictionary.com (American Heritage Dictionary)
• Cambridge Online Dictionary
• OneLookDictionary Online
• Dictionary.com
• RhymeZone
• Answers.com
• Wiktionary

 

Learner's Dictionaries (to own)

• Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
• Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
• Oxford Dictionary of American English
• Longman Advanced American Dictionary
• Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
• The Newbury House Dictionary
• Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs
• Oxford Collocations Dictionary