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STUDENT DICTIONARY
Merriam-Webster's Word Central Student Dictionary, or try the
ADVANCED DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
A list of words and their synonyms. Example: "treasury, storehouse".
ACRONYM FINDER
An acronym is a pronounceable word formed from each of the first letters of a descriptive phrase. An acronym is actually a type of abbreviation. An example: North Atlantic Treaty Organization = NATO
FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS
A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature.
ENCYCLOPEDIA.COM
The Internet's premiere free encyclopedia. Newly updated and expanded with more than 50,000 articles
plus links giving you access to millions of articles and pictures.
COMMON ERRORS IN ENGLISH
One of Webster's favourite sites for quick and easy reference.
GRAMMAR NOW!
This is a free site dedicated to answering specific grammar, composition, research or formatting questions. Send a question by filling out the form below, and they'll e-mail you a response.
STUFUN.COM
Interactive grammar and exercises, similar sounding wrods, picture dictionary and more.
11 RULES OF WRITING
This site is a guide to some of the most commonly violated rules of writing, grammar, and punctuation. It is
intended for all writers as an aid in the learning and refining of writing skills.
GUIDE TO GRAMMAR AND WRITING
Maintained by Professor of English Charles Darling for English courses at Capital Community College and for the general online public.
TEN TIPS FOR PUBLIC SPEAKING
Feeling nervous before giving a speech is natural and healthy. It shows you care about doing well. But, too much nervousness can be detrimental. Here's how you can control your nervousness and present you ideas in a memorable way.
ANAGRAMS
An anagram is a word or phrase formed by reordering the letters of another word or phrase, such as satin to stain. Just type in a word or name and see what you come up with.
AROUND THE WORLD
SAY HELLO IN 40 LANGUAGES!
A great page with links to translation, so you can learn to say mare than just hello.
THE WORLD FACTBOOK 2001
An excellent site of information on just about every country in the whole wide world!
THE EARTH CALENDAR
An online daybook of holidays and celebrations around the world. For the purpose of this web site a "holiday" is any day that recognizes a cultural event.
LANGUAGES-ON-THE-WEB
Everything to learn foreign languages...and more. There is a great selection of bilingual short stories.
TRANSLATE
Translate text, e-mail or whole web pages into English, French, German, Italian or Portuguese. Also, foreign languages for travellers in 74 ( yes, 74! ) different languages.
NEWSPAPERS
PRINTING VOCABULARY
There are lots of printing terms here, like "camera-ready", "halftone" or "web printing".
FACTS ABOUT NEWSPAPERS
The Newspaper Association of America's information resource center containing pertinent information about the newspaper industry.
HISTORY OF PRINTING
The history of printing is an important part of the general history of civilization. Printing has been the principal vehicle for the conveying of ideas during the past 500 years.
HOW NEWSPAPERS WORK
From the HOW STUFF WORKS website: How are newspapers produced and distributed - and much more.
HOW BOWATER MAKES PAPER
Follow Chip, the wood chipper, who will show you how paper is made. Nice Flash animation.
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