Cliché Day Quiz
- Test your knowledge of the origins of common cliches.
- http://reference.aol.com/quizzes/cliche-day

AmeriSpeak
- Common american sayings and what they actually mean.
- http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/amerispeak.htm

Grammar Slammer
- This help file indexes style and usage, capitalization, abbreviations, punctuation, letter writing, common mistakes and a grammar glossary.
- http://englishplus.com/grammar/index.htm

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

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

What is Plagiarism?
- Answers common questions that students may have on the subject and confronts some of their excuses for not giving proper credit to their sources.
- http://www.georgetown.edu/honor/plagiarism.html

New Words In English
- Neologisms and new uses of words in English.
- http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~ling215/NewWords/

WordWizard
- Learn about word meanings, slang, quotations, insults, and famous authors.
- http://www.wordwizard.com/

Guide to Grammar and Writing
- Features searchable index of grammatical rules, explanations, comments on style, and usage suggestions.
- http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar

The Elements of Style - William Strunk
- Principal requirements of plain English style. Focuses on the rules of usage in literature, composition and grammar.
- http://bartleby.com/141/

Capitalizing
- Provides a list of rules and examples. Includes sentences, quotations, proper nouns, names, titles, and scientific nomenclature.
- http://englishplus.com/grammar/captcont.htm

Plain Language
- A guide to help writers avoid confusing language and long-windedness. Can be viewed online or downloaded as a PDF.
- http://www.plainlanguage.gov/

The Sports Cliche List
- A searchable collection of cliches used by American teams, fans, coaches and commentators, with humorous comments and sound clips.
- http://www.sportscliche.com

Cliche Finder
- A searchable database of overused expressions, with a fun feature creating a random list.
- http://www.westegg.com/cliche/

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

Plain English Campaign
- Working internationally to try to get public information written in plain English, instead of using gobbledygook, jargon and legalese. Includes examples, with annual awards for the worst offenders.
- http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/

Common Errors in English
- An explanation of common English usage errors and how to avoid making them.
- http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/

Dictionary of English: Clichés, Pretentious Language, and Jargon
- Presents a list of examples of three kinds of language to avoid, with an explanation of why they are not recommended.
- http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/english/data/d0081759.html