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English User's Bookshelf
Authoritative references & online tutorials |
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Contents
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Grammar
& Style |
Usage
& Vocabulary |
Linguistics |
Reading
Skills |
| Proofreading
& Text Editing |
Handwriting
& Penmanship |
Essay
& Academic
Writing |
Literary
Writing |
| Letter
Writing |
Email
Composition |
Telephoning |
Résumés
& Job Interviews |
Presentations
& Public Speaking |
Proverbs
& Quotations |
English
Language History |
English
Literary
History |
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Grammar
& Style
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| The
Armchair Grammarian (Eggo, S.) |
| Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language |
| Cambridge
Grammar of the English Language |
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The
Economist Style Guide |
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The
Elements of Style (Strunk, W. Jr.) |
| English
Grammar in Use (Murphy, R., et al) |
| English
Style Guide (European Commission) |
| Guide
to Grammar and Style (Lynch, J.) |
| Guide
to Grammar & Writing (Darling,
C.) |
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The
Internet Grammar of English (University College London) |
| Longman
Student Grammar of Spoken & Written English |
| The
Ultimate Resource Guides for MLA, APA, Chicago, & CSE |
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Wikipedia
Manual of Style |
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Usage
& Vocabulary
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| Common
Errors in English Usage (Brians, P.) |
| English
Vocabulary in Use (McCarthy, M., et al) |
| Fowler's Modern English Usage |
| How
to Write in Plain English (Plain English Campaign)
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| Introducing
Plain Language (Plain Language Online Training
Program, Canada) |
| The
King's English, 2nd Edtion (Fowler, H.W.) |
| World
Wide Words (Quinion, M.)
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| The
Wrong Word Dictionary: 2000 Most Commonly Confused Words (Dowling, D.)
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Linguistics
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| An
Introduction to the Study of Speech (Sapir, E.) |
| The
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics (Matthews, P.) |
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Glossary
of Linguistic Terms (SIL
International) |
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The
Influence of Phonesthesia
on the English Language (Schisler, B.)
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Reading
Skills
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| The
Art of Reading (Scheer, S.) |
| CriticalReading.com
(Kurland, D.) |
| Foundations
of Reading — Effective Phonological Awareness Instruction & Progress
Monitoring (Univ. of Texas) |
| On
the Art of Reading (Quiller-Couch, A.) |
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Proofreading
& Text Editing
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Common
Proofreading Symbols and Abbreviations
(Capital
Community College, Hartford, Connecticut) |
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Copyediting
and Proofreading for Dummies (Gilad, S.) |
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The
Editing and Rewriting Process (Darling,
C.)
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Paradigm
Online Writing Assistant
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Handwriting
& Penmanship
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| Basic
Literacy Materials for Reading & Handwriting
Using the English
Alphabet (Power, T.) |
| Boggle's
World ABCs |
Handwriting
Worksheets (ABC Teach Directory) |
| A
Jan Brett Alphabet (2002) |
| Teach
Yourself Better Handwriting (Sassoon, R. & Briem, G.) |
| Writing
Letters & Numbers (Enchanted
Learning) |
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Essay
& Academic
Writing
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| English
for Professional Communication: Written Reports |
| EssayEdge.com:
College Application Essay Writing Course |
| How
to Write Clearly — Fight the FOG (European Commission) |
| A
Hypertext
Writing Guide (Plonsky, M.) |
| If
I were a Carpenter: The Tools of the Writer (Clark, R.P.) |
| KU Writing Guides
(University of Kansas Writing Center) |
| On
the Art of Writing (Quiller-Couch, A.)
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| Paradigm
Online Writing Assistant
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| The
UVic Writer's Guide (University of Victoria) |
| Writer's
Handbook (University
of Wisconsin Writing Center)
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| Writing
Activities (Colorado State University)
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| Writing
Center (University of Richmond
Writer's Web)
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Literary
Writing
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How to Write a Novel in 100 Days or
Less (Coyne, J.) |
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Learner.org:
Literature — What Makes a Good Short Story? |
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The
Making of a Story: A Norton Guide (LaPlante, A.) |
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Writing
Magic: Creating Stories that Fly (Levine, G.) |
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Letter
Writing
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| Business
Correspondence (EnglishClub.com) |
| English
for Professional Communication: Letters |
| I
Don't Know Where to Start: Letters of Condolence
(Russ, W.) |
| Letters,
Letter-Writing
and Other Intimate Discourse
(Russ, W.) |
| Longer
Letters (Post, E.) |
| Notes
and Shorter Letters (Post, E.) |
| Webster's
New World Letter Writing Handbook (Bly, R.) |
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Writing
Effective Letters (Florida State Univ.
Career Center)
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Email
Composition
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A
Beginner's Guide to Effective Email (Sherwood, K.) |
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English
for Professional Communication: E-Mail |
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How
to Write Emails and Influence People (Freelance UK) |
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Top
7 Tips to Help You Write More Powerful Emails (Knight, C.) |
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Telephoning
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AudioEnglish.net:
Telephone English |
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English
for Professional Communication: Telephoning |
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Essential
Telephoning in English (Garside, B. & T.) |
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Telephone
English (EnglishClub.com) |
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Résumés
& Job Interviews
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Acing
the Interview (Beshara, T.) |
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English
for Professional Communication: Career Research
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The
Quick Resume and Cover Letter Book (Farr, M.) |
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Résumé
Magic (Whitcomb, J.) |
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Resumé
Writing (Florida State University
Career Center)
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Resumé
Tutor (University of Minnesota) |
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Resumés
and Interviews (JobWeb) |
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Winning
Job Interviews (Powers, P.) |
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Presentations
& Public Speaking
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| Business
Presentations
& Public Speaking (EnglishClub.com) |
| English
for Professional Communication: Oral Presentation |
| How
to Develop Self-Confidence and Influence People
by Public Speaking (Carnegie, D.) |
| Pearson
Education: The
Allyn & Bacon Public Speaking Website
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| Presentation
Zen (Reynolds, G.)
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| Public
Speaking for Dummies (Kushner, M.)
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Proverbs
& Quotations
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| Commonly-Used
Proverbs (Kelly, C. & L.) |
| Familiar
Quotations (Bartlett, J.) |
| One-Liners
and Proverbs (Herman de Zwaan) |
| Oxford
Dictionary of Proverbs (Simpson, J. & Speake, J.) |
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Oxford
Dictionary of Quotations (Knowles, E.) |
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Oxford Quotations Database |
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English Language
History
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The
American Language
— An Inquiry into the Development of English in the
United States (Mencken, H.)
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A
Concise Dictionary of Middle English
— From A.D. 1150-1580 (Mayhew, A. & Skeat, W.)
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The
Early History of Indo-European Languages (Gamkrelidze, T. & Ivanov, V.)
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Etymonline.com
— Online Etymology Dictionary
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Historical
Grammar of
the Old English Language (Babaev,
C.)
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A History of English
Words (Hughes, G.)
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A
History of the English Language (Baugh, A., & Cable, T.)
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History
of the English Language (Mosser, D.W.)
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History
of the English Language (Duncan, E.)
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History of the English
Language (University
of Toronto)
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Omniglot
— A Guide to Writing Systems (Ager,
S.)
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The Origin and History of the English Language (Krysstal)
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The
Origins and Development of the English Language (Algeo, J. & Pyles,
T.)
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The
Routes of English (BBC)
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Wikipedia:
History of the English Language
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Wordorigins.org (Wilton,
D.)
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English
Literary
History
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| The
American Novel (Van Doren, C.) |
| A
Brief History of
English Literature (Moore,
A.) |
| The
Cambridge History of
English and American Literature |
| A
History of American Literature (Gray, R.) |
| The
Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature (Rogers, P.) |
| Wikipedia:
English Literature |
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