Writing

• A+ Research and Writing - Step-by-step information on how to write a research paper.  Includes information on how to set up a search strategy fro tracking down information.
• English Grammar FAQ - Questions and answers about English usage and grammar from a linguistics professor.
• Guide to Grammar and Writing - Includes definitions of sentence parts, rules for comma usage and other punctuation marks, plurals and possessives, spelling, nouns and modifiers, words and phrases to avoid, capitalization, spelling and abbreviations, and a lot more.
• Lynch Guide to Grammar and Style - These notes are a miscellany of grammatical rules and explanations, comments on style, and suggestions on usage by Jack Lynch, Assistant Professor in the English department of the Newark campus of Rutgers University . The entries here are of two types: specific articles on usage, and more general articles on style.
• On-Line Writing Lab (OWL): Handouts for Students and Teachers - More than 100 documents on writing skills in categories such as: planning to write, English as a second language, grammar, spelling, and punctuation, research and documenting sources, and business writing.
• Wordsmyth: the Education Directory-Thesaurus - Wordsmyth is an innovative and evolving language reference source that meshes the functions of a dictionary and a thesaurus with powerful and flexible search capabilities. Both the Wordsmyth Educational Dictionary-Thesaurus and the Wordsmyth web site reflect the philosophy that word meanings are not simply equations that one can get right or get wrong, but rather grow out of and depend on specific uses and contexts.
• WriteExpress Online Rhyming Dictionary - An online rhyming dictionary that matches beginning or end rhymes.
• Writers Write - Information for professional and aspiring writers, including a daily news update section, job postings, and numerous resources relating to writing and publishing online.
• Writing the Academic Paper - An overview of the the research/writing process.