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Style Guides
Strunk, The Elements of Style (1918 edition) (Bartleby)
H. W. Fowler, The King's English (Bartleby)
Guardian Style Guide -- A thorough guide to the house style of The Guardian. American users should note that it's a British publication; all users should note that it settles their own house style, and doesn't pretend to rule on the language as a whole.
MHRA's Home Page(Cambridge)
Writing Better: A Handbook for Amherst Students (Susan Snively, Amherst College) — A practical collection of writing advice, both specific and general. Plenty of examples. [Added 10 Sept. 1999]
Papers:Expectations, Guidelines, Advice, and Grading (Jeannine DeLombard and Dan White, Univ. of Toronto) — Eminently reasonable and extremely helpful advice for writers of college-level English papers.
Learn to Write (Brian Dana Akers) — Brief, opinionated reviews of some major guides to writing.
Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students (Michael Alley, Virginia Tech; Leslie Crowley, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and Christene Moore, Univ. of Texas at Austin) — Useful and practical advice for writers in technical fields.
Jim's Word/Writer's Links — The Electric Eclectic — A huge collection of writing-related links, with brief annotations.
The Economist style guide — A useful guide, though American readers should note that they prescribe British standards.
Grammars
On-Line English Grammar(mostly for non-native speakers) Schoolhouse Rock — Grammar Rock HyperGrammar Guide to Grammar and Writing (Capital Community Technical College)— A good collection of advice, including information on diagramming sentences, easily confused words, rules for spelling, punctuation, and so on. Traditional Grammar: An Interactive Book (Donald E. Hardy) — A very basic but thorough grammar, with exercises.
