Writing resources
Bibliomania
Searchable and constantly improving e-text collection abounding in reference works, particularly American ones, plus non-fiction classics such as Pepys and Gibbon.Guide to Grammar and Style
A reliable alphabetical guide to all the thorny issues - that versus which, dangling participles, split infinitives - written from an American perspective. All you need to help you write proper. A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices
From antithesis to zeugma: the Greeks devoted their entire education system to rhetoric, and this practical guide to persuasive writing, with illustrative gems from greats such as Jane Austen, Neil Armstrong and Marcus Aurelius, is still relevant. Roget online
Fully searchable online thesaurus, which you can browse either alphabetically or by category. Search High and Low
At your wits' end for a cliché? Here's a search facility to flesh out half-remembered phrases and colourful turns of expression, with meaning and origins. Plus proverbs, euphemisms, cockney rhyming slang and more. A Web of Online Grammars
Links to grammars in a wealth of languages, from Akkadian to Wolof. Xrefer
"The web's first reference engine" - a vast and stylish interlinked reference library which allows you to search across encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, books of quotations and reference works. Reference books used come from normally reliable sources Bloomsbury, OUP, Macmillan and Penguin. Useful and beautiful.
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