Additional Writing Resources (I just couldn't resist)
Yesterday, after writing the post for Pam Nelson’s Triangle Grammar Guide, I started following advised links from her site as well as Roy Peter Clark’s Poynter Online – Writing Tools ( featured this week on DWB).
One link led to another, then another, until I ran out of time. Some I came across when I first started putting together the writing resources (but didn’t appreciate at the time). Some are new. All of the writing blogs have been added to my new toy, netvibes. Enjoy.
Blogs
A Capital Idea
A copy-editing blog covering grammar and newspapers like they’re going out of style.
Bill Walsh’s Blogslot
The blog accompaniment to The Slot: A Spot for Copy Editors
English, Jack
Second thoughts on English and how she’s taught
Evolving English II
We observe the language changing all around us. We don’t opine (much) about these changes; we just note them as we see them …
Grammar Catastrophes
A blog about catastrophic failures to deploy English grammar effectively.
Language Log
Language Log, the book. Far from the Madding Gerund.
Pain in the English
PainInTheEnglish.com encourages discussions of such gray areas of the English language, for which you would not find answers easily in dictionaries and other reference books.
Verbal Energy
What’s up with words
Wordlustitude
This blog is a growing dictionary of ephemeral words–also known as nonce or stunt words.
Wordmail
A blog about the English language.
Msc Websites
Diagramming Sentences
One Way of Learning English Grammar
Ftrain.com | Language Machines
Ftrain.com | The Passivato
FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY–DOES NOT REPLACE REAL GRAMMAR KNOWLEDGE.
purdue.edu | Active and Passive Voice
The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing
The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing is for anyone who wants to write better.
Websites: Dictionary / word / thesaurus / phrase
Double-Tongued Dictionary
Slang, jargon, and new words from the fringes of English.
Hyperdictionary
HyperDictionary.com is a continuation of an educational project to provide free dictionary services to any user on the web.
Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid
Lexical FreeNet
Connected thesaurus
Just The Word
Based on the latest advances in statistical linguistics, and exploiting Sharp’s patented contextive technology, JustTheWord combines the advantages of thesaurus and dictionary, and enhances the usefulness of both.
LDOCE Online
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
pseudodictionary
The dictionary for words that wouldn’t make it into dictionaries
pseudodictionary randomerizor
Generates random words from our dictionary
Simple English Wiktionary
An online dictionary that uses simple words so it is easier to understand.
The Phrase Finder
Meanings and origins of sayings and phrases
VIEW
Mark Davies / Brigham Young University. Variation in English words and phrases.
Wiktionary
A collaborative project to produce a free, multilingual dictionary with definitions, etymologies, pronunciations, sample quotations, synonyms, antonyms and translations.
Wordcraft
A community of linguaphiles
Wordcraft Eponyms
The net’s biggest collection of general eponyms
This has been a part of my New Year’s Resolution: Learn to Write series. The index can be found at the Learn to Write: Recap.
Three pages were created from the series: A Designer’s Resolve, A Designer’s Resolve: Resources and A Designer’s Resolve: Complete book list.
Technorati Tags: A Designer's Resolve, resources, write, writer, writing, Writing Resolve
<< -- Please report dead blogs via the contact form -- >>
Recent Comments