The reference sites below should be helpful whether you are writing a research paper or having difficulty understanding idioms.  Either click on the graphic or the highlighted text to reach the noted site. If you find that a link is no longer active, or the site has moved, please submit your comment below, so I may update it for other users.

Writing Resources

• Grammar Lady
  www.grammarlady.com
  Tips on grammar and language usage.
  

• Guide to Grammar and Writing
  webster.commnet.edu/HP/pages/darling/original.htm
  Learn about "Notorious Confusables" and the "Garden of Phrases."
  

• Purdue University Writing Lab
  owl.english.purdue.edu
  Good section on plagiarism
  

• Inkspot:  The Writer's Resource
  www.inkspot.com
  "A frequently-updated comprehensive writing resource and community."
  

• The Columbia Guide to Online Style
  www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html
  A guide to the use of MLA, Chicago, APA, and CBE styles for electronically accessed sources
  

• Guide to Grammar and Style
  andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing
  Articles on usage and style
  

• Writers' Workshop
  www.english.uiuc.edu
  Grammar, writing tips and resources
  

• Electronic Reference Formats recommended by the American Psychological Association
  www.apa.org/journals/webref.htm
  Citing information from the Internet and the WWW
  

• The Writer's Complex
  coord_notes.esc.edu/admin/complex.nsf/complexhome?openform
  Guidance on understanding assignments, overcoming writing problems, writing research papers and much more
  

• Writing at the University of Toronto
  www.utoronto.ca/writing/
  Advice on academic writing
  

• Plagiarism and the Web
  www.wiu.edu/users/mfbhl/wiu/plagiarism.htm
  How to avoid plagiarism when using web resources

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