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)

 

 

 

 

English 102 students often have questions about extraordinary claims of UFO abductions, elaborate government conspiracies, miracle cures, Bigfoot-type monsters and so forth. Unfortunately, extraordinary claims proliferate at such a fast rate that it has become impossible to affirm or debunk most of them. Since I cannot begin to have all the facts at hand necessary to assess the plausibility of every extraordinary claim, I ask that you check out what skeptics have written about these claims before you make up your mind. Here are some promising Web Sites:

CSICOP
Center for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal

The Straight Dope
A newspaper column that explores answers to some strange questions.

Skeptic Magazine and eSkeptic
Publication of the Skeptic Society.

James Randi Educational Foundation
Magician James "The Amasing" Randi is a well-known debunker of psychic claims.

Mythbusters on the Discovery Channel