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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
Measurement Conversion      

Grammar & Style

Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language Cambridge Grammar of the English Language
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.)
Longman Student Grammar of Spoken & Written English The Armchair Grammarian (Eggo, S.)
The Economist Style Guide The Elements of Style (Strunk, W. Jr.) 

The Internet Grammar of English (University College London)

The Online English Grammar (Hughes, A.)

Wikipedia Manual of Style

 

Usage & Vocabulary

Common Errors in English Usage (Brians, P.) Confusing Words (Soteres, P.)
English Vocabulary in Use (McCarthy, M., et al) Fowler's Modern English Usage
Introducing Plain Language
(Plain Language Online Training Program, Canada)
The American Heritage® Book of English Usage
The A-Z of Alternative Words (Plain English Campaign) The Columbia Guide to Standard American English

The King's English, 2nd Edtion (Fowler, H.W.)

World Wide Words (Quinion, M.)  
Weird Words Index

Linguistics

A Glossary of Linguistic Terms (SIL International) An Introduction to the Study of Speech (Sapir, E.)

The Influence of Phonesthesia on the English Language (Benjamin K. Schisler)

Reading Skills

CriticalReading.com (Kurland, D.) Foundations of Reading — Effective Phonological Awareness Instruction and Progress Monitoring (University of Texas)
On the Art of Reading (Quiller-Couch, A.) The Art of Reading (Scheer, S.)

Proofreading & Text Editing

Common Proofreading Symbols and Abbreviations
(Capital Community College, Hartford, Connecticut)
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
Editing Your Writing
Revising Your Writing

The Editing and Rewriting Process (Darling, C.)

 

Handwriting & Penmanship

A Jan Brett Alphabet (2002)

Basic Literacy Materials for Reading & Handwriting
Using the English Alphabet (Powers, T.)
Boggle's World ABCs Handwriting (ABC Teach Directory)
Handwriting for Kids (Readman, L.) Writing Letters & Numbers (Enchanted Learning)

Essay & Academic Writing

A Hypertext Writing Guide (Plonsky, M.) English for Professional Communication: Written Reports
EssayEdge.com: Admissions Essay Writing Course How to Write Clearly — Fight the FOG (European Commission)
If I were a Carpenter: The Tools of a Writer (Clark, R.P.) KU Writing Guides (University of Kansas Writing Center)
Learn to Write (Colorado State University)
Writing Activities
Writing Collections
Writing Guides
Writing Help
Writing Links
On the Art of Writing (Quiller-Couch, A.)
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant University of Victoria's Hypertext Writer's Guide
Writer's Handbook (University of Wisconsin Writing Center) Writing Center (University of Richmond Writer's Web)

Literary Writing

Coyne, J.: How to Write a Novel in 100 Days or Less

Learner.org: Literature — What Makes a Good Short Story?

Letter Writing

Business Correspondence (EnglishClub.com) English for Professional Communication: Letters
I Don't Know Where to Start: Letters of Condolence (Russ, W.) Notes and Shorter Letters (Post, E.)
Letters, Letter-Writing and Other Intimate Discourse (Russ, W.) Longer Letters (Post, E.)
Writing Effective Letters (Florida State Univ. Career Center)  

Email Composition

A Beginner's Guide to Effective Email (Sherwood, K.)

English for Professional Communication: E-Mail
How to Write Emails and Influence People (Freelance UK) Tips for Writing Emails
(Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority, Australia)

Top 7 Tips to Help You Write More Powerful Emails (Knight, C.)

 

Telephoning

AudioEnglish.net: Telephone English

English for Professional Communication: Telephoning

Telephone English (EnglishClub.com)

 

Résumés & Job Interviews

English for Professional Communication: Career Research English for Professional Communication: Resumes
English for Professional Communication: Job Interviews International Executive Search:
Job Interview Questions, Tips & Techniques

Resumé Tutor (University of Minnesota)

Resumés and Interviews (JobWeb)
Resumé Writing (Florida State University Career Center)
Career Objective Guide (Domkovsky, D. & Saunders, D.)
Cover Letter Guide
Curriculum Vitae Guide (Meyer, K.)

Presentations & Public Speaking

Business Presentations & Public Speaking (EnglishClub.com) English for Professional Communication: Oral Presentation
The Allyn & Bacon Public Speaking Website (Doyle, T.)

Proverbs & Quotations

Commonly-Used Proverbs (Kelly, C. & L.) Familiar Quotations (Bartlett, J.)
Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations   One-Liners and Proverbs (Herman de Zwaan)
Simpson's Contemporary Quotations
— The Most Notable Quotations: 1950-1988
The Columbia World of Quotations

English Language History

A Concise Dictionary of Middle English (Mayhew & Skeat) A History of English Words (Hughes, G.)
A History of the English Language (Baugh, A., & Cable, T.) Etymonline.com — Online Etymology Dictionary
Historical Grammar of the Old English Language (Babaev, C.) History of the English Language (Mosser, D.W.)
History of the English Language (University of Toronto) Krysstal: The Origin and History of the English Language
Omniglot — A Guide to Writing Systems (Ager, S.) The American Language — An Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States (Mencken, H.)
The Early History of Indo-European Languages
(Gamkrelidze, T. & Ivanov, V.)
The Origins and Development of the English Language
(Algeo, J. & Pyles, T.)
The Routes of English (BBC) Towson University: History of the English Language
Wikipedia: History of the English Language Wordorigins.org (Wilton, D.)

English Literary History

A Brief History of English Literature (Moore, A.) The American Novel (Van Doren, C.)
The Cambridge History of English and American Literature Wikipedia: English Literature 

Measurement Conversion

Digital Dutch WWW Unit Converter EnglishToolbox.net: Instant Multi-Measurement Converters
OnlineConversion.com UnitConversion.org
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