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Writing Help: Web Resources

Online Writing Lab

The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University offers excellent grammar and punctuation resources.

Grammar Exercises and Tutorials
A variety of spelling and grammar exercises.
Punctuation Exercises and Tutorials
A variety of punctuation exercises.
Basic Grammar
Basic grammar is explained.
Mechanics
Work on sentence-level organization and style.

Checklists

Revision Checklist
Author: Heather McWhinney
Editing Checklist
Author: Heather McWhinney
Proofreading Checklist
Author: Heather McWhinney

Grammar Girl

Grammar Girl's Top 10 Grammar Myths
A list of a variety of grammar misconceptions.
Grammar Girl - Quick and Dirty Tips
A podcast about how to properly use grammar.

Sentence Construction

Sentence Construction Tutorial
"This short tutorial looks at the structural elements of writing good sentences. It covers some of the common mistakes that are made and shows you how to identify these mistakes and rectify them in your writing. This is particularly helpful for students from a non-English language background."

Grammarly software

Grammarly Premium
A subscription-based grammar and spelling checker. It also includes vocabulary suggestions. User beware: critically evaluate suggestions from online writing evaluation tools!