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Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material provided as a free service to students, members of the community, and users worldwide to find information to assist with many writing projects.
Provides information about the organizing, revising, and editing processes of writing. Also includes pointers for writing informal essays, thesis/support essays, augumentative essays, exploratory essays and how to document sources.
An interactive English dictionary that includes example sentences showing words in context, information about words' frequency and use patterns, and more.
The Modern Language Association focuses on the study and teaching of language and literature through publications, conferences, and other resources. The MLA publishes the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.
Blog of language and writing featuring quizzes, word trends and word facts.
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