 English grammar quizzes and tests
BBC Quiznet Archive
www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/quizzes/quiznet/quiznet_archive.shtml
Downloadable vocabulary and grammar quizzes from the Beeb.
Interactive Quizzes from Charles Darling's Guide to Grammar and Writing
grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quiz_list.htm
An excellent set of often challenging quizzes which you answer online.
English grammar exercises
English Grammar Workbooklet©
www.englishgrammar.com/egwcontent.html
Words we commonly misspell, spelling guides
A Study of Some of the Most Commonly Misspelled Words
www.barnsdle.demon.co.uk/spell/error.html
A well-researched and revealing study by Cornell Kimball of the words that are most commonly msspelled. And the winner is…minuscule.
The Free Dictionary Spelling Center
www.spellingcenter.com
Wikipedia: List of common misspellings in English
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misspellings_in_English
yourDictionary.com 100 most often misspelled words
yourdictionary.com/library/misspelled.html?GXHC_GX_jst=8258c07950ea6164
English grammar and style guides
Charles Darling's Guide to Grammar and Writing
grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
Common Errors in English
www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/
A very popular web site based on the book Common Errors in English Usage by Paul Brians.
Grammar Slammer
www.englishplus.com/grammar/contents.htm
Guide to Grammar and Style by Jack Lynch
andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/index.html
The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr.
www.bartelby.com/141/index.html
An online reproduction of the original (1918) book that was later revised (in 1957) by E B White. The revised version, now in its fourth edition, is easily and rightfully the most popular book on English style ever published.
Plain English guides
Plain English Guide
www.plainenglish.co.uk
British Plain English Campaign web site featuring a range of useful plain English guides.
Plain Language
www.plainlanguage.gov
US Government web site featuring a comprehensive Plain English handbook that can be viewed online or downloaded as a pdf file.
English dictionaries
Dictionary.com
www.dictionary.com
This is the most popular online dictionary. Now with color/colour entries.
Merriam-Webster Online
www.m-w.com
Dictionary, thesaurus, and English/Spanish translations.
The Free Dictionary
www.thefreedictionary.com
Illustrated, colour/color dictionary and thesaurus with convenient links to Wikipedia entries. Lots of great content including word quizzes.
Webster's Online Dictionary - The Rosetta Edition
www.websters-online-dictionary.org
Not the Merriam-Webster Inc, but a huge project based on taking the 1913 edition of Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, and then expanding on it in every sense. The project, which has been underway since 1999, aims to cover 400 modern languages and 10 ancestral languages and is well on its way to achieving its laudable goal.
yourDictionary.com
www.yourdictionary.com
Used to be my favourite online dictionary, then was overwhelmed by advertisements, but has since improved with a simpler interface and new, interactive content.
English thesauri
Merriam-Webster Online
www.m-w.com
Dictionary, thesaurus, and English/Spanish translations.
The Free Dictionary
www.thefreedictionary.com
Illustrated, colour/color dictionary and thesaurus with convenient links to Wikipedia entries. Lots of great content including word quizzes.
Thesaurus.com
www.thesaurus.com
This is my favourite (and the most popular) online thesarus. The results are from online publisher Lexico's own Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus.
Glossaries of grammatical terms
UsingEnglish.com
www.usingenglish.com/glossary.html
British English versus American English
Wikipedia: American and British English differences
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_Differences
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