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The dictionaries that appear on Dictionary.com include: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition; Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary; The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing; Jargon File 4.2.0; CIA World Factbook (1995); Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary; Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary; U.S. Gazetteer; U.S. Census Bureau. In addition, through our site you can access definitions from: Acronym Finder; On-line Medical Dictionary; CancerWEB.
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DocBook Element Quick Reference Card 
A one-page reference card for DocBook elements.
dpawson.co.uk (2004). Reference>Style Guides>Documentation>DocBook
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Documenting Electronic Sources
The Internet is a widely used tool for research, but unfortunately, style manuals contain little information on how to document electronic sources. This page contains links to sources which will help students, teachers, and anybody doing research on the Internet to cite such sources using different styles. Some links come from 'Cyber Citations,' an article by Michael A. Arnzen, which appeared in Internet World in September 1996. Some of the addresses were no longer current and are updated here, and many more have been added.
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This guide is based on the style book which is given to all journalists at The Economist.
Economist, The (2004). Reference>Style Guides>Journalism>United Kingdom
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EERE Communication Standards and Guidelines
The development and dissemination of new communication standards and guidelines are evolving processes that require cooperation, teamwork, and clear communication.
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Asserting that one must first know the rules to break them, this classic reference book is a must-have for any student and conscientious writer. Intended for use in which the practice of composition is combined with the study of literature, it gives in brief space the principal requirements of plain English style and concentrates attention on the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated.
Strunk, William, Jr. and E.B. White. Bartleby.com (1959). Reference>Style Guides>Writing>Rhetoric
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This site is a concise 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. Explore each of the rules to see examples of its application, and use the references to find additional explanations and examples on the Web or in print. Look up grammatical terms in the glossary. For a wider variety of information, check related FAQs and other writing resources.
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Encyclopedia of Business Case Terms
A business case is a tool that supports planning and decision-making, including decisions about whether to buy, which vendor to choose, and when to implement.
Solution Matrix. Reference>Encyclopedias>Business Communication>Writing
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Engineering Communication Centre
Language Across the Curriculum in Applied Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto helps students to communicate in writing and orally.
University of Toronto (1999). Reference>Style Guides>Engineering>Technical Writing
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Engineering Communicator's Manual
This manual is intended to be used by any engineering student (undergraduate or graduate) who has to complete writing assignments or oral presentations for any course. You will find information on general principles of grammar and style, as well as specific examples of technical writing and presenting. If your communication assignment is for an engineering class, you will want to pay particular attention to the sample documents.
Hart, Hillary. University of Texas. Reference>Style Guides>Engineering
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This document accompanies the TECHWR-L article 'Developing a Style Guide,' and includes a sample outline of a style guide. Some of the sections include some detailed sample text; others do not. Please note that the examples shown here are not necessarily the 'correct' choices, or the 'preferred' choices, or the 'best' choices; they are simply examples of things to include. Your project may require additional items, especially if your writing will be used on a Web site.
Weber, Jean Hollis. TECHWR-L (1998). Reference>Style Guides
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Extensible Markup Language (XML) Activity Statement
The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a simple, very flexible text format derived from SGML (ISO 8879). Originally designed to meet the challenges of large-scale electronic publishing, XML is also playing an increasingly important role in the exchange of a wide variety of data on the Web.
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Fight the Fog: How to Write Clearly
This guide is intended for all writers of English at large, bureaucratic institutions. Our example here is the European Commission! Whether your job is drafting or translating, here are some hints - not rules - that will help you to write clearly and make sure your message ends up in your readers' brains, not in their bins.
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This manual mostly follows Associated Press style but also follows advice of other excellent books on writing and Web sites listed in Garbl's Writing Resources Online -- and my selection and interpretation of their guidelines. This guide focuses on U.S. standards for spelling, punctuation, definitions, usage, style and grammar.
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Gender-Free Legal Writing: Managing the Personal Pronouns
Where a statement of any complexity is made about a person, the maker of the statement may face decisions about how further references should be framed.
Close, Arthur. British Columbia Law Institute (1984). Reference>Writing>Legal>Grammar
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GNOME Documentation Style Guide
The GNOME Documentation Style Guide provides guidelines for authors who want to contribute to the GNOME Documentation Project.
GNOME (2004). Reference>Style Guides>Documentation>Linux
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Going to Bat Against the Dictionary
The T-shirt, commonly misspelled 'tee shirt,' is so named because it resembles the letter T when spread out. Tee ball, commonly misspelled 'T-ball,' is so named because a ball is hit off a tee. Is that so difficult? Apparently it is. Unanimously, as far as I can tell, dictionaries favor the non-informative T-ball. Some of those dictionaries don't even recognize tee ball as an alternate spelling. Some very smart people think I'm out of my mind for having such strong feelings in favor of the tee- version.
Slot, The (2001). Reference>Style Guides
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The Good Grammar, Good Style™ Pages
Do you have a question about style, grammar, or mechanics? Find the answer to your questions in the Good Grammar, Good Style Archive — over 100 pages of useful articles and frequently asked questions!
Factotum Ink, Limited (2002). Reference>Style Guides>Grammar
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A website about English grammar for students.
Verkouteren, J. Adrian. St. Albans School (1998). Reference>Style Guides>Grammar
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Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation
A guide on punctuation, capitals, spelling, sentence construction and parts of speech.
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Normal rules of English grammar are often violated in technical writing, sometimes with good reason. However, writers are often not aware of these violations. This guide identifies some of the rules that are most commonly violated.
Author's Guide (2001). Reference>Writing>Grammar
#25798
This site is dedicated to answering grammar, composition, or formatting questions.
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A Guide for Writing Research Papers Based on Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation
The formatting of citations recommended in this guide is based on Modern Language Association recommendations. This guide may suffice for most students' needs for most academic purposes, but for advanced research projects it is by no means a substitute for the Modern Language Association Handbook for Writers of Research Papers Fifth Edition (1999). That handbook can be purchased in most bookstores and copies should be available in every college and municipal library. A Guide similar to this one, but based on the APA style, is also available online (see link on the navigation bar). Your best source of advice on all these matters is, of course, your instructor and library professionals.
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Guide to Citation Style Guides
An annotated collection of links to the best and most up-to-date citation guides that show how to properly cite resources from the Internet. Style guides for APA, MLA, Chicago, Turabian, BSE, styles and a description of how to cite references from Lexis/Nexis.
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These notes are a miscellany of grammatical rules and explanations, comments on style, and suggestions on usage I put together for my classes. Nothing here is carved in stone, and many comments are matters of personal preference — feel free to psychoanalyze me by examining my particular hangups and bêtes noires. Anyone who can resist turning my own preferences into dogma is welcome to use this HTML edition.
Lynch, Jack. Rutgers University (2001). Reference>Style Guides
