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Grammar Links

Traditional Grammar: An Interactive Book
From our own former Grammar Guru Don Hardy, a complete online Grammar textbook. http://www.engl.niu.edu/dhardy/grammarbook/title.html
 
Guide to Grammar and Writing
The best guide to grammar and writing on the World Wide Web. http://webster.commnet.edu/HP/pages/darling/grammar.htm
 
Writer's Workshop
The Writer's Workshop, hosted by UIUC, proves what a premier flagship university can do in technology with enough money and motivation. This site is amazingly good, providing all sorts of on-line writing help. Go here. Now. Really. 
(http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/index.htm)
 
The Hypertext Book
The best on-line composition course on the Web. http://papyr.com/hypertextbooks/engl_126/book126.htm
   
OWL
Purdue's wonderful OWL (Online Writing Center). http://owl.english.purdue.edu/writers/by-topic.html
OWL Handouts in Outline Form
 
Reference Materials
Huge framed collection of writing resources, organized and mostly published out of Colorado State U. I recommend this site very highly. Though browsing through the frames can get old quickly, the consequent organization is worth the hassle. 
(http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/WritingCenter/reference.htm)
 
Grammar Girl Guide 
Grammar Girl's Guide to the English Language is a creative site in cute format. Learn everything you wanted to know about Active versus, passive voice, apostrophe, brackets, capitalization, colons, commas, dashes, emphasis, gender neutral language etc. http://w3.one.net/~mslentz/grammar.girl/
 
Mrs.Grammar
Ask Miss Grammar contains many archived files concerning grammar and usage. Published through the Professional Training Company. http://www.protrainco.com/info/grammar.htm
 
The Writing Center 
By Craig Waddell Rensselaer, Polytechnic Institute. This site contains the twelve basic principles of prose style and the fifty most common problems with basic punctuation and mechanics. http://www.rpi.edu/dept/llc/writecenter/web/text/proseman.html 
 
   
Writing Center at the University of Ottawa 
Hyper Grammar, produced by the Writing Centre at the University of Ottawa, is an amazing hypertext grammar course, completely online and completely free. Excellent design and excellent content. http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/grammar.html
   
Handouts 
Handouts and advice on grammar, rhetoric and composition. Tends to focus on scientific writing. Has a strong section on common errors found in ESL essays. http://www.rpi.edu/dept/llc/writecenter/web/handouts.html 
 
Shepherd College Online Writing Center 
ON-line Writing Center - Shepherd College,WV. http://www.shepherd.wvnet.edu/scwcweb/index.html
 

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