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Guardian Unlimited - Style Guide
The British newspaper's guide to word usage, grammar and punctuation, edited by David Marsh and Nikki Marshall. Includes 1928 edition in pdf format.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/styleguide
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SDSU Writing Rescource Crib
Offering tips and lively description on grammar, English, and writing.
http://literature.sdsu.edu/lanzbom/
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Rhetorical Figures
From alliteration to zeugma, and everything in between, all the figures of speech are here.
http://www.uky.edu/AS/Classics/rhetoric.html
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Economist Style Guide
Based on the guide given to all journalists at The Economist. Includes quiz.
http://www.economist.com/research/styleguide/
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The Well Bred Sentence
Online book offering an intensive course in sentence construction and punctuation.
http://www.englishgrammartutor.com/grammar%20book.htm
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Jargon Finder
The use and abuse of jargon. From The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation.
http://www.comnetwork.org/resources/jargon.html
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Linguistic Phenomena/Devices
A list of lesser-known features in English writing. Hendiadys, holonyms, and hypernyms.
http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~szpak/ling-devices.html
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Macedon's Taberna: The Craft of Writing
Commentary on various technical aspects of writing: the nuts and bolts of narrative.
http://macedon.k2free.com/macedon_writing.htm
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