WU Composition Commons
MLA Formatting & Citation
Reference Materials Online
- Dictionary.com
- Thesaurus.com
- Inogolo (Pronunciation Dictionary)
- Howjsay (Pronunciation Dictionary)
Some Online Practice Exercises
- Purdue OWL Grammar Exercises
- Purdue OWL Punctuation Exercises
- Purdue OWL Sentence Structure Exercises
- Purdue OWL ESL Exercises
- Grammar Bytes (Also a Handbook)
- Quill (Game-ified Grammar…)
Selected Grammar Girl Links
- On “Dangling Participles”
- (ThoughtCo. on Dangling Participles)
- On Ending Sentences w/ Prepositions
- On Pronouns and Antecedents
- On “Which” Versus “That”
- On Affect versus Effect
- On Misusing Very and So (Podcast)
- On Lay and Lie
- On Subordinate Clauses
- On Comma Splices
- On Run-On Sentences
- How to Use Semicolons
- How to Use Dashes (Em-Dashes)
- A Podcast on “They”
General Handbooks and Online Writing Labs (OWLs)
- Sparkle English (Friendly Explanations)
- Grammar Girl (Friendly Explanations)
- The Parts of Speech (Grammar Girl)
- The Grammarly Handbook
- Purdue Online Writing Lab (The OWL)
- UNC Online Wring Center Tips and Tools
COMMAS
- Faith Moore on Thinking About Commas
- UNC on Commas (Seven Simple Rules)
- Purdue OWL on Commas (Note Several “Tabs”/Sections to the Left)
- Purdue OWL on Commas with Nonessential Elements (An Essential Note)
- Grammar Girl on When to Use Commas
- And a Grammar Girl Chart
Comma Splices / Run Ons
- A Clear Explanation of Comma Splices (Grammar Girl) and a Second Clear Explanation of Comma Splices
- A Clear Explanation of Run-On Sentences (Grammar Girl) and a Second Clear Explanation of Run Ons (Sparkle English)
- Knowing When to Use Commas in Compound Sentences (“WikiHow”)
- Graphic Guide to Semicolons (The Oatmeal) (This One is Great.)
- “Semicolons: A Love Story” (Ben Dolnick at the NYT)
On Parallel Construction
Sentence Diagramming
Other Links…
- WikiHow’s English Grammar Pages
- HyperGrammar (University of Ottawa OWL)
- Common Errors in English (Paul Brian)
- Modern English Grammar (Daniel Kies)
- The Student’s Guide to Grammar and Punctuation (Chandra Clarke)
- Another Collection of Resources (Wise Old Sayings)
- The History of English in Ten Minutes
- Blog of Unnecessary Quotes
- Apostrophe Abuse Blog
- An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments
