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- Oxford English Dictionary offers exhaustive definitions, etymologies, and documented instances of words in use.
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- 23 Ways to Improve Your Draft [PDF]
- Avoid... [.doc]
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- Reverse Outlines [PDF]
- Revising Academic Papers [.doc]
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- Use the Active Voice [PDF]
- Using Negative Inversions [PDF]
- Variation in Sentence Structures [PDF]
Improving Your Style
- Avoid Using Vague Nouns... and More [PDF]
- How To Be a Better Writer - 6 Tips from Steven Pinker [PDF]
- Nine Basic Ways to Improve Your Style in Academic Writing [.PDF]
- Put the Action in the Verb [PDF]
- Tidy Up Wordy Phrase [PDF]
- Use the Active Voice [PDF]
- Using Negative Inversions [PDF]
- Variation in Sentence Structures [PDF]
- What We Mean by Style [PDF]
Grammar & Punctuation
- Basic Punctuations [PDF]
- 10 Ways to Use Commas [PDF]
- Writing Lab Handout - Punctuation Quick Guide [PDF]
- 10 Ways to Use Commas [PDF]
- Using Quotations [PDF]
- 12 Common Punctutation Errors [.doc]
- Making the Case for Semi-Colons [PDF]
- Another Case for Semi-Colons [PDF]
- Fragments and Run-Ons [PDF]
- Punctuation Overview: Purdue
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