Reference Resources

• allwords.com
  An English dictionary - allows searching for a word in English, French, German, Dutch, Italian and Spanish.
• Cambridge Dictionaries Online
  Provides examples of common English sayings and idioms and covers American, British and Australian English.
• Dictionary.com
  Good general English-language dictionary online. Contains Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary and other sources.
• Oxford English Dictionary
  access on catalogue via University Login Id and password

• Armchair Grammarian
  This site is useful to check English grammar usage and the underlying rules of punctuation.
• Clichés
  Alphabetical listing of commonly used English expressions.
• Cliches
  Alphabetical listing of commonly used English phrases and expressions.
• The Economist Style Guide
  The style guide that is used by journalists at The Economist, showing English grammar and style rules, focus is on British English.
• Glossary of Grammatical Terms
• Hutchinson Dictionary of Difficult Words
• Hutchinson Dictionary of English Usage
• AskOxford.com
  Useful in dealing with questions on English grammar, spelling and usage; to search a dictionary of words, names or quotations and for help with writing.

• Language dictionaries (yourDictionary.com)
  Provides a comprehensive and authoritative languages portal.

Thesaurus

• Roget's Thesaurus
  This Internet editions of Roget's Thesaurus allows searching for specific words or to browse alphabetically and by word category.
  

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