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Writers' Resources

 

Helpful links from

Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL)

Improve your Writing

Overview of Punctuation

Using Commas

Active vs. Passive Voice

Formatting a Business Letter

Theses- Dissertations – APA Guidelines

When there is a question, this is my favourite place to find
the answer. These are among the guidelines used by ProofreadNZ
in editing our clients' submissions; the Chicago Manual of Style, and
Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary are others.

   

 

The Visual Thesaurus Online ...
takes a unique, and remarkably beautiful, approach to presenting the results of a word lookup. Type in a word, click go, and you're rewarded with a colourful, interactive map of all the meanings of your word and its synonyms.

Click on the image at left to try it out.

 

 
 

These are especially helpful if you are self-publishing and marketing your own writing.