USEFUL LINKS
FOR THOSE WHO NEED TO KNOW MORE
If you wish to explore the world of English grammar in more depth, then I recommend you visit any of these excellent sites. I would be grateful if visitors would advise me of any dead links.
World Wide Words: an outstanding site run by Michael Quinion. A lot of information on the origin of words. Michael writes from a British English perspective.
Common Errors in English: Paul Brians writes from an American English perspective. This site is one of the very best for sorting out errors in English. Highly recommended.
Wikipedia: Manual of Style Wikipedia is an excellent online resource. Many of the contributions are world-class and it is constantly evolving. Where differences of opinion exist, both sides are well represented. Will this be the eventual source for the standardisation of the English language?
Plain English Campaign: every lover of our language should support this campaign.
Guide to Grammar & Writing: an excellent general source of information that includes help with writing style, grammar and formatting academic papers.
The King’s English: a wonderful online version of Fowler’s magnificent work.
Word Wise: a list of common abbreviations and acronyms.
Roget’s Thesaurus: an online thesaurus.
Henry Churchyard’s Linguistics: a good article on the use of ‘their’, ‘they’ and ‘them’ as singular pronouns.
Survival Guide – English Tenses: This very useful resource was written by my dear friend Brenda Hemmrich to help Germans understand English tenses – however, the information is useful to anyone trying to understand the 13 tenses of the English language.
Mary Brettell – Graphic Designer: My thanks to Mary for her help in designing this website. Anyone looking for good and affordable graphic design or web design in and around Brisbane should contact Mary through her website.
RECOMMENDED READING AND RESOURCES:
- Style manual for authors, editors and printers, 6th ed., (John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd)
- The Editor’s Companion by Janet Mackenzie (Cambridge University Press, 2004)
- The Mother Tongue: English and how it got that way by Bill Bryson (Perennial)
- Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynn Truss (Profile Books)
- Revising Prose, 4th ed. by Richard Lanham (Allyn & Bacon)
- Type & Layout: Are you communicating or just making pretty shapes by Colin Wheildon (The Worsley Press)