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Arts: Education: Language Arts: English [1,161]
Arts: Education: Language Arts: English: English as a Second Language [1,054]
Arts: Writers Resources: Style Guides [143]
Common Errors in English 
Clear and concise explanation of the difference between correct and incorrect usage in American English spelling, grammar and idiom, with entertaining examples.
url: www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/
Alan Cooper's Homonyms
Extensive list of homonyms/homophones in American English from various sources, along with links.
url: www.cooper.com/alan/homonym.html
Alt.Usage.English FAQ
Newsgroup discussing English usage, maintained by Mark Israel.
url: www.faqs.org/faqs/alt-usage-english-faq/
The American Dialect Homepage
Resource for both linguistic and literary scholars about regional varieties of English in the United States and Canada. Includes maps, annotated link directory, and dialectology bibliography.
url: www.evolpub.com/Americandialects/AmDialhome.html
The American Language by H.L. Mencken
Online publication of the full text of a classic book on the history and nature of American English, with particular attention paid to the discrepancies between British and American English.
url: www.bartleby.com/185/
American Proprietary Eponyms
Database of American brand names in general use today.
url: www.searstower.org/rkrause/brands.html
The Be/Have Paradigm with Intransitive Verbs During the Restoration Period
A Master's thesis from the University of Uppsala, dealing with the development of be and have as auxiliaries with the perfect tense of intransitive verbs in the second half of the 17th century.
url: www.update.uu.se/~nea/uppsats/D_uppsats.html
Department of Grammar and History of English, Kyiv National Linguistic University
The representative department of the Ukrainian Society for the Study of English (ESSE member). Includes information on the department, courses and research.
url: grammar-history.kiev.ua
English Grammar Gone Awry
Collection of common errors made by native English speakers.
url: www.grammarerrors.com/
History of the English Language
Collection of links maintained at University of Vermont.
url: ebbs.english.vt.edu/hel/hel.html
International Dialects of English Archive
Extensive collection of freely downloadable recordings of real people speaking English in their own native accents and dialects.
url: www.ku.edu/~idea/
Language Sites on the Internet
Word mavens may browse etymology, dictionary, thesaurus links, links to anagrams, oxymorons,palindromes, puns, idioms, banished words and expressions, citybycity slanguage, mondegreens, logophilia, heteronyms, chiasmus, common punctuation errors.
url: www.verbivore.com/rllink.htm
List of Banished Words
Annual list published by Lake Superior State University of words that should be banished from the English language for misuse, overuse, and just general uselessness.
url: www.lssu.edu/banished/
Loosely Speaking
Requests that the reader take a quick, 5question survey to determine usage in various geographical locations.
url: looselyspeaking.tripod.com
The Nautical Origins of Some Common Expressions
Explaining the marine origins of some common words, figures of speech, and everyday expressions.
url: www.fortogden.com/nauticalterms.html
Neologism Cliche Aphorism and Novel Language Pattern
Extensive list of new sayings, cliches, aphorisms, and neologisms. Has additional pages on related language matters.
url: www.angelfire.com/nd/danscorpio/word4.html
Online Technical Writing: Common Grammar, Usage, and Spelling Problems
Advice on common problems in the use of spellings, punctuation, and grammar.
url: www.io.com/~hcexres/textbook/gramov.html
Speechskript
Complete instructions for learning to read and write using this phonetic spelling system.
url: www.speechskript.com/Speechskript/speechsk.htm
A Study of the Formants of the Pure Vowels of British English
MA Thesis (1960) of Prof. J.C. Wells of the University of London concerning the pronunciation of vowels in "Received Pronunciation".
url: www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/formants/index.htm
Survey of English Usage
University College (London) researchers focusing on grammar and linguistics, plus worldwide usage. Includes the "Internet Grammar of English".
url: www.ucl.ac.uk/english-usage/
Varieties of English
Linguistic analysis (phonology, morphology, syntax, vocabulary) of different varieties of English spoken in the US, Canada and Britain.
url: www.ic.arizona.edu/~lsp/
The Vocabula Review
A free, monthly journal about the state of the English language, dedicated to supporting its clear and expressive usage.
url: vocabula.com/index.asp
World Wide Words
More than 1400 pages which explore the history, evolution, byways, quirks, and curiosities of the English language. A weekly newsletter is sent by email and RSS.
url: www.worldwidewords.org/
The Xtag Project
Lexicalized Tree Adjoining Grammar (TAG) project, a geometric method for analysing English grammar.
url: www.cis.upenn.edu/~xtag/
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