Writing Resources

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  • Style Manuals

    • William Strunk's original version of the  (later made famous by E. B. White) is available courtesy of the Bartleby project.
  • Grammar Handbooks

    •  is a site devoted to grammar.
    •  has a site devoted to grammar basics and definitions of grammatical terms.
  • Dictionaries

    •  allows you to search multiple dictionaries and references at the same time.
    •  returns word and phrase definitions from a variety of English dictionary resources
    •  has links to a number of dictionaries, thesauruses and other language tools, including online translators.
    •  is a large online English dictionary that tolerates small spelling errors (U.S. or international spelling), shows definitions for multiple senses of the word and for each sense shows synonyms, related terms and usage examples. It will also translate words to French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch and German or vice-versa.
    • A list of biographical info at 
    •  offers a visual way of exploring the relationships between words.
  • Editing Resources

    • Robert Harris has a searchable  and a 
    •  is a massive humanities database portal.