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Grammar | Misused & Unnecessary Words | Punctuation | Dictionaries & Thesauruses | Synonyms & Antonyms | Translators | Quotes & Idioms | Tools for Writing
Grammar and Style
Perdue OWL — Chicago Manual of Style 16th Edition
Perdue OWL — MLA Formatting and Style Guide
Perdue OWL — APA Style GuidePerdue OWL Writing Lab sitemap — An overwhelming amount of information for writers of all kinds.
Chicago Manual of Style — Requires subscription for full access.
Bartleby.com — Strunk & White, Elements of Style.
Grammarly — Program to check punctuation and grammar. Remember it’s not always correct.
grammica.com — Check your grammar online.
grammarchecker.net/ — Online grammar check.
grammarcheck.net/editor/ — Online grammar check.
Tips from our own Grammar Granny
Misused & Unnecessary Words
Avoid Fillers to Write More Powerful Sentences
To Cut or Not to Cut: Filler Words in Your Speech & Writing
Archives for the ‘Misused Words’ from dailywritingtips.com
Commonly Misused Words at hubpages.com
Easily Confused or Misused Words
Wikipedia list of commonly misused words
20 Most Misused Words from a Harvard linguist
Archives for the ‘Misused Words’ from dailywritingtips.com
Commonly Misused Words at hubpages.com
Easily Confused or Misused Words
Wikipedia list of commonly misused copy words
20 Most Misused Words from a Harvard linguist
Punctuation
Thirteen rules for apostrophes
Perdue OWL — Punctuation
Perdue OWL — APA Style GuideIntroduction to the Basic Rules of Punctuation
Dictionaries
Free dictionaries from Babylon Software — Many categories, Language, Translator, Thesaurus
Cambridge Dictionary — Idioms, Phrasal verbs, Audio pronunciation
Merriam-Webster Dictionary — Dictionary, Thesaurus, Medical, Spanish-English
Onelook — Reverse Dictionary
Oxford Dictionaries — Quotations, First Name Dictionary, Ask expert, Writing help
Dictionary.com — Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Word games, Crossword solver
Specialist Online Dictionary — Computer, Scientific, Legal, Political, Philosophical, Music, Misc
Your Dictionary — Grammar Rules & Usage, Industry specific dictionaries
Medical Dictionary Medical conditions, Medications, Anatomical terms, amd more
Legal dictionary Legal terms, Definitions, ABC list
Thesaurus
Synonyms
A synonym is a word you use when you can’t spell the first word correctly. ~Burt Bacharach
An antonym is the opposite of the word you’re trying to think of. ~Unknown
Definitions:
Synonym: A word having the same or almost the same meaning as another word.
Antonym: A word having the opposite meaning of another word.
Resources:
Thesaurus.com — Includes word games, tools, and resources
Synonym.com — Enter words A-Z for synonyms, antonyms and definitions.
Synonyms.net — Synonyms, antonyms, and thesaurus and visual wordmap (click on a synonym and the map will expand)
Translators
Translator – over 50 languages
Babelfish Translator
Free download Babylon Translation Software
Quotes & Idioms
The Quotations Page — Over 28,000 quotations online from over 3,400 authors
Quoteland.com — Quotations by author, topic, art, dreams, love, sports, library
ThoughtCo — Quotes: love, funny, wedding, short, Chinese, birthday, movie/TV, friendship, poems, spiritual, Shakespeare, business, holiday
Theotherpages.org Quotations — Contains approximately 28,966 entries, and the Alpha by Topic is the best place to start.
Citatum — Categorized Quotes.
Idoims and Phrases from FreeDictionary.com
Idiom Site