Writing and Grammar Help


MLA Formatting Video (NEW MS Word)
MLA Formatting Video (Old MS Word)
Help with MLA-Style Works-Cited Entries
Sample MLA-Formatted Essay from BSM
(Sample follows pre-2009 citation rules
but otherwise is an accurate picture of
how your MLA-style essay should look.)


Helpful Sites
   
Penguin Handbook Online
    Purdue Online Writing Lab
   
UNC Online Wring Center
    Grammar Girl

Reference Materials Online
    Inogolo (Pronunciation Dictionary)

General Comma Help
    
UNC on Commas (Seven Simple Rules)
    PU on Commas     
   
Comma Splices, Run Ons, Fragments, Sentence Boundaries
    
Knowing When Compound Sentences Need Commas (Penguin)
    A Clear Explanation of Comma Splices (Grammar Girl)
    Comma Splice Exercises (Penguin)
    Using Semicolons (Penguin)

For More Grace
    Parallel Structure (Grammar Girl)
    Parallel Structure Exercises (Penguin)  

Integrating Sources/Quotations
    
UNC on Quotations     
    Integrating Sources    

Writing on Literature
    UNC on Lit Crit     

More from Grammar Girl
    On Ending w/Prepositions
    On "Which" Versus "That" (Restrictive/Non-restrictive)
    On Everyone/Everybody
    On Affect/Effect
    On Very and So
    On Lay and Lie
    On "They"    
    On Using Ellipses (...)

Bedford/St. Martins Model Document Gallery
    Main Page
        For Humanities (inc. MLA, APA, Chicago Style)
        For Sciences (inc. AIP, CBE)
        General Business Docs (inc. Resumes, Memoranda)

Also     
    The History of English in Ten Minutes
    Blog of Unnecessary Quotes
    Apostrophe Abuse Blog    


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