Rhetorical Figures
- From alliteration to zeugma, and everything in between, all the figures of speech are here.
- http://www.uky.edu/AS/Classics/rhetoric.html

SDSU Writing Rescource Crib
- Offering tips and lively description on grammar, English, and writing.
- http://literature.sdsu.edu/lanzbom/

Guardian Unlimited - Style Guide
- The British newspaper's guide to word usage, grammar and punctuation, edited by David Marsh and Nikki Marshall. Includes 1928 edition in pdf format.
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/styleguide

ThereTheir.com
- A guide to avoiding some of the most common spelling and grammar errors encountered in online communication, such as chat, texting, message boards, online games, and email.
- http://www.theretheir.com/

Cliche Web
- Thousands of cliches. Fully searchable and interactive. Formerly Steve's Cliche List. Since 1995.
- http://www.cambiaresearch.com/clicheweb/

Word Info
- An English vocabulary dictionary with free searches of words from Latin and Greek sources.
- http://www.wordinfo.info

Word News
- Efforts have been made to provide some of the best thoughts, ancient and modern, that are particularly appealing for our time and to promote a greater appreciation for the English language.
- http://www.wordnews.info

Word Files of Confusing English Words
- A presentation of English words that are often confusing with definitions and context examples.
- http://www.wordfiles.info

Word Spy
- The word lover's web site by Paul McFedries.
- http://www.wordspy.com/

Plain English at Work
- Online guide to using plain English and changing the corporate style. Produced for Australia's Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs and the Australian National Training Authority.
- http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/training_skills/publications_resources/plain_english_at_work/

WritingDEN
- Interactive site created to help students improve English reading, writing and listening skills.
- http://204.244.141.13/writ_den/

Jargon Finder
- The use and abuse of jargon. From The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation.
- http://www.emcf.org/pub/jargon/words/index.htm

Urban Dictionary
- A veritable cornucopia of streetwise lingo, posted and defined by its readers.
- http://www.urbandictionary.com/

Web Typography
- The elements of typographic style applied to the web.
- http://webtypography.net/

Plain Language Center
- Articles and information on writing and evaluating plain and target-appropriate language for business publications and websites.
- http://www.gopdg.com/plainlanguage/

The Word Detective
- The online version of the newspaper column answering readers' questions about words and language. A very extensive column and word archive. Written by Evan Morris.
- http://www.word-detective.com/

Illiterate Businesses
- An unabashed rant blog featuring English-language business signs with grammatical, spelling and/or punctuation errors. Includes a free sign editing offer.
- http://www.illiteratebusinesses.ca

LousyWriter.com
- A free online resource to improve your writing skills. Learn how to write, how to use words, how to write sentences, and how to communicate effectively.
- http://www.lousywriter.com/

Slang City
- Writing about American slang.
- http://www.slangcity.com

The Archive of Endangered, Special, or Fun Words
- Writing about and classifying words and language.
- http://www.13d.org/esofword/

Guide to Grammar and Writing
- Digital handouts on grammar and English usage. From subject-verb agreement and use of articles to exercises in parallel structures and argumentative essays. You can submit questions about grammar and writing.
- http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/

Just Language
- A casual and contemporary look at how we humans communicate with each other both at home and abroad.
- http://justlanguage.blogspot.com/

Verbivore
- Richard Lederer's page, with contact information and a handful of his language-loving articles.
- http://www.verbivore.com/

The Word Nerds
- A weekly podcast about words, language, and why we say the things we do.
- http://thewordnerds.libsyn.com/

Word Rogues
- Tips on writing, English, and grammar. This site also contains active community college English syllabii and links to other writing, grammar sites.
- http://www.lanzbom.org

Tribe: Linguistics
- Group for discussions of words and language.
- http://linguistica.tribe.net/

Tribe: Word Freaks
- Group for people who love discussing words and writing style.
- http://wordfreaks.tribe.net/

Tribe: Words of Power
- For people who love words, use them, feel them in their mouths as flavorful bursts of energy. This is the tribe for fun with words and receptive learning.
- http://powerwords.tribe.net/

Lingo Factory
- A cooperative effort to coin useable terms and then trick people into using them regularly as though they are real words.
- http://lingofactory.tribe.net/

Ralph's Manual of Style
- A guide to style, grammar, usage, and more by a guy named Ralph.
- http://www.rms.hung-sun.com/

Braintique: The Natural Way to Write
- A process and system for helping people become better writers. The site includes exercises, examples, and information about descriptive writing and metaphors.
- http://www.braintique.com/barticles/writing/what/TOC.shtml

The Well Bred Sentence
- This book offers an intensive course in sentence construction and punctuation.
- http://www.englishgrammartutor.com/Grammar%20Book.htm

Correct Punctuation
- A brief guide to correct English punctuation.
- http://www.correctpunctuation.co.uk

Ewriting
- Easy to learn electronic writing style that will speed up email and online chatroom discussions.
- http://www.e-writing.info

Writer's Dreamtools
- A series of useful tools to enhance writers' and students' creativity, spark ideas and fight writer's block.
- http://www.writersdreamtools.com/

Society for the Preservation of English Language and Literature
- Bimonthly publication, SPELL/Binder, contains articles on grammar, usage, word origins, and other subjects of interest to language lovers.
- http://www.spellorg.com/

The Visual Thesaurus
- An exploration of sense relationships within the English language. By clicking on words, you follow a thread of meaning, creating a spatial map of linguistic associations.
- http://www.visualthesaurus.com/online/index.html

Wordelizer
- Delve deeply into a word or subject. Quick search of several word and language related sites.
- http://www.emse.fr/~yukna/kahula/wordelizer/wordelizer.html

Crazy Colour Writing Skills Handbook
- Includes useful tips to help your spelling including homophones, words often misspelled, a dictionary search, an introduction to fingerspelling. Grammar, spelling and writing style guide.
- http://www.crazycolour.com/os/hb05.shtml

The Economist Style Guide
- Guide based on the style book given to all journalists at The Economist.
- http://www.economist.com/research/StyleGuide/

Einfoweb: Punctuation and Grammar
- Help on punctuation and another page on grammar.
- http://www.einfoweb.com/punctuation/

Findaphrase.com
- Free phrase database to help journalists, copywriters and content editors search common phrases.
- http://www.findaphrase.com/

SecretariesUSA.com
- Reference for the home and corporate office, including capitalization, punctuation, spelling, grammar, sentence structure, forms of address, abbreviations, letter styles, and business forms.
- http://secretariesusa.com/

World Wide Words
- Explores the history, evolution byways, quirks, and curiosities of the English language. New and recent words and phrases are often featured, as are books on aspects of English. A weekly newsletter is sent by e-mail and RSS.
- http://www.worldwidewords.org/

Garbl's Editorial Style Manual
- Provides advice on abbreviations, capitalization, grammar, numbers, plurals, possessives, punctuation, spelling and word usage.
- http://garbl.home.comcast.net/stylemanual/

Wordiness
- A list of words and phrases to purge from your writing.
- http://web.uvic.ca/~gkblank/wordiness.html

Yale Style Manual
- For the design of Web pages and Web sites. Covers graphic and information design, page layout, Web graphics, site organization, navigation, and Web multimedia content.
- http://www.webstyleguide.com/

Word Quests
- Word lists that provide thematic units of English words derived from Latin and Greek sources.
- http://www.wordquests.info

Phrases Thesaurus
- A generator of headlines and copy for journalists. Enter a word and the database is searched to provide a list of phrases related to that word.
- http://www.phrasefinder.co.uk

The Philosophy of Punctuation
- Paul Robinson's classic essay on periods, commas, semicolons, dashes.
- http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/721833.html

Plain Language Action Network
- Promoting clearer communication between the public and government. This site has resources for writers to attain that goal.
- http://www.plainlanguage.gov/

Glossarist.com
- A searchable directory of thousands of glossaries and topical dictionaries containing terms and definitions on hundreds of subjects.
- http://www.glossarist.com/

Language Wrangler
- Provocative essays on word usage, writing ideas and style.
- http://www.languagewrangler.com/

AskOxford.com
- For questions on English grammar, spelling, and usage. Search a dictionary of words, names or quotations.
- http://www.askoxford.com/

Verbage
- If you are looking for just the right word, you may find it here. If not, you can suggest your own.
- http://www.oceansiderevolution.com/verbage

Pseudo Dictionary
- The dictionary for words that wouldn't make it into dictionaries.
- http://www.pseudodictionary.com/index.php

The Wonderful Writing Skills Unhandbook
- An interactive site that uses the writing process to teach writing skills.
- http://www.wonderfulwritingskillsunhandbook.com/

A.Word.ADay
- The music and magic of words. This is the website for the mailing list A.Word.A.Day (AWAD), which sends a vocabulary word and its definition to the subscribers every day.
- http://www.wordsmith.org/awad/index.html

Exploring English
- An online tutorial for the parts of speech with style notes for the English Language.
- http://www.shared-visions.com/explore/english/

Suite101: English Grammar
- Archive of articles about English grammar and style.
- http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/english_grammar_style

CBC News: Words, Woe & Wonder
- An in-depth look at the words we use from CBC News.
- http://cbc.ca/news/indepth/words/

Suite 101: Workplace Communications
- Archive of articles covering writing and speaking skills, with emphasis on clear communication, basic design, communicating with international and multicultural audiences.
- http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/communications_skills

The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing
- Popular, award-winning online writing guide. Authoritative help with research, style, structure, major citation styles, mechanics, and revision.
- http://www.nutsandboltsguide.com

Suite101: Word Play
- Archived discussions and articles concerning words.
- http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/words

Frequently Asked Questions about English
- Answers to common questions about usage, style, grammar and punctuation.
- http://www.alexcommunications.com/faq.htm

Linguistic Phenomena/Devices
- A list of lesser-known features in English writing. Hendiadys, holonyms, and hypernyms.
- http://www.csi.uottawa.ca/~kbarker/ling-devices.html

The Sports Cliche List
- A large, searchable collection of sports cliches, lingo, and jargon.
- http://www.sportscliche.com

Guides for Better Science Writing
- Bibliography of style manuals for scientific research, writing, and presentation. Guides for biology, medicine, chemistry, engineering, geology, and mathematics.
- http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/14-05.html

Top20Composition.com
- Online directory for grammar, spelling, punctuation, research, creative writing, and proofreading resources.
- http://www.top20composition.com

Bartleby.com: The Columbia Guide to Standard American English
- Kenneth G. Wilson's handbook includes descriptive and prescriptive examples with hyperlinked cross-references.
- http://www.bartleby.com/68/