This document provides a summary of various grammar guides and resources for improving writing skills. It begins by explaining that while grammar is taught early on, the many rules can be difficult to recall. It then lists different types of grammar guides, including dictionaries, thesauruses, guides on grammar myths, usage guides, style guides, and guides for non-native English speakers. Each category includes several specific reference books and websites that can help with learning and applying proper grammar.

1. GUIDE TO
GRAMMAR AND
WRITING
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2. While grammar is something we learn in the early years of our
education, there are so many rules and regulations when it comes
to grammar, we can’t know them all by heart. If you’re a writer or
simply have to write something on certain occasions, you might
want to reach for a grammar guide, to make sure that your writing
is on point. And since there are so many aspects to grammar, there
is more than one kind of a grammar guide, to make the process of
learning and checking grammar faster and easier.
Thankfully there’s a large variety of grammar guides that are
available to lead us through our writing process. Below you’ll find a
helpful list of resources from https://prowritingpartner.com/ that
will help you through your journey with grammar.
INTRODUCTION

3. THESAURUSES
AND
DICTIONARIES
COLLINS ENGLISH
THESAURUS
MERRIAM WEBSTER
THESAURUS
DICTIONARY.COM
Dictionaries are crucial for
knowing the meanings of each
word, and for better
understanding of each word.
Thesauruses, however, can be
considered as additional
information about words, with
synonyms, antonyms, idioms and
phrases included.
CAMBRIDGE
DICTIONARIES ONLINE
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/gramm
sh-grammar/types-of-english-formal-in
etc/british-and-american-englishWORDSMYTH
https://www.wordsmyth.net/
https://www.merriam-webster.com/the
https://www.wordsmyth.net/
http://www.dictionary.com

4. GRAMMAR
MYTHS
WASHINGTON STATE
UNIVERSITY NON-
ERRORS
GRAMMAR GIRL
LANGUAGE LOG
Grammar myths are what we call
grammar rules that once used to
mean something, and now they
are completely irrelevant.
Grammar changes through time,
and yet so many people don’t
know which grammar rules they
should stick to, and which ones
they should discard immediately.
Here are a couple of useful guides
that give you insight into the rules
of modern grammar.
GEORGETOWN
UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER
https://www.law.georgetown.edu/acad
academic-programs/legal-writing-
scholarship/writing-
center/upload/grammar.pdf
GRAMMARPHOBIA
https://brians.wsu.edu/2016/05/19/non
errors/
http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/gram
https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog
08/grammar-checker.html
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languag
chives/003588

5. USAGE
GUIDES
OXFORD DICTIONARY
OF AMERICAN USAGE
AND STYLE
http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/
3/acref/9780195135084.001.0001/acre
9780195135084COMMON ERRORS IN
ENGLISH
THE NEW FOWLER’S
MODERN ENGLISH USAGE
Turn to grammar usage guides
if you are frequently puzzled by
the use of certain words, their
meaning, spelling or place in a
sentence.
COMMON ERRORS GUIDE
BY WASHINGTON STATE
UNIVERSITY
https://brians.wsu.edu/common-errors
THE AMERICAN
HERITAGE GUIDE TO
ENGLISH USAGE
https://brians.wsu.edu/errors/
http://www.bartleby.com/
http://alexandriaesl.pbworks.com/f/The
+Fowler%27s+Modern+English+Usage.

6. CLASSIC
STYLE GUIDES
CHICAGO MANUAL OF
STYLE
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/h
tml
ECONOMIST STYLE
GUIDE
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
STYLE GUIDE
There are numerous style
guides out there, and it all
depends on what you’re looking
for and who you are writing for.
There are basic style guides, as
well as style guides for business
writers, scientific writing style
guides and so much more.
Here are some of the most
famous ones that are usually
used or referenced.
THE BBC NEWS
STYLEGUIDE
http://www2.media.uoa.gr/lectures/ling
archives/academic_papers0506/notes/
eets_3.pdfNATIONAL
GEOGRAPHIC STYLE
MANUAL
http://www.economist.com/styleguide/
http://stylemanual.natgeo.com/
https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/
_wysiwyg/University%20of%20Oxford%
e%20Guide.pdf

7. ENGLISH FOR
NON-NATIVE
SPEAKERS
THE MAYFIELD
HANDBOOK
http://www.mhhe.com/mayfieldpub/tsw
link.htm
GRAMMARLY HANDBOOK
GUIDE TO GRAMMAR AND
WRITING
Although native speakers and
non-native speakers can use
the same dictionary, if you’re a
beginner, and English isn’t your
native language, you’re going to
find the English grammar book
too complex. Here are some
resources that are easy to
understand, with plenty of
information packed in, so that
you improve your English
grammar easily.
GRAMMARLY ANSWERS
https://www.grammarly.com/answers/
PURDUE ONLINE
WRITING LAB
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/categ
ok/
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/reso
678/01/
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/gram

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