Web Resources for Grammar and Language

The Blue Book of Grammar

www.grammarbook.com

GrammarBook.com is your site for helpful rules, real-world examples, and FUN quizzes.

Capital Community College Grammar Help

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar

Whether you’re a beginner or expert, you can review English rules and take quizzes on parts of speech, punctuation, and sentence structure

Chicago Manual of Style

www.chicagomanualofstyle.org

Chicago Manual of Style:  A top authority on style.  A list is reader-submitted questions is lots of fun to read, and information, too.

Alan Cooper’s List of Homonyms

www.cooper.com/alan/homonym.html

A large list of homonyms to review.  It’s worth it to read the introduction before going to the list.

Glossary of Grammar Terms

www.englishplus.com/grammar/glossary.htm

This glossary of grammar terms covers everything from abbreviation to ellipsis to wordiness.  It’s easy to use and helpful for review.

Sentence Diagrams

www.german-latin-english.com/diagrams.htm

English (and German and Latin for some reason) sentences diagrammed the old-fashioned way.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

www.m‑w.com

A companion to your FAVORITE dictionary.

One Look

www.onelook.com

Type in your word, and you get links to general and specialized dictionaries.  Very cool.

The Homonym /Homophone Page

www.taupecat.com/personal/homophones

A nice compilation.

Common Errors in English

www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors

Click on “Go to list of errors” to look alphabetically.  Great links toward the bottom of the site.

Your Dictionary

www.yourdictionary.com

The “Answers” and “Language Articles” sections are interesting.

Heteronyms

www-personal.umich.edu/~cellis/heteronym.htm

Check out heteronyms: words that are spelled identically but have different meanings when pronounced differently.