Focus on Words

 

 

*      Grammar Girl—podcasts and columns/with video

*      Words—Disgust in Class—wait, no, I mean, “discussed in class”) J

·        Spoonerisms, Mondegreens, Eggcorns, and Malapropisms

·        Threw, Through, Thru

*      Commonly Confused Words

*      The Commonly Confused Words Test

*      Gender-Neutral Language

*                Why Use Gender-Neutral Language

*                Booklet published by UNESCO on gender-neutral language

*                Fun quiz on Gender-neutral language

*                Alternatives to he/she

*                Inclusive Language

*      Vague or Unclear Pronoun Reference also Indefinite Pronouns also Vague Use of This

*      Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement Problems

*      Links on Language from The Everyday Writer (includes online dictionaries, a thesaurus, word choice list, and cliché information)

*      Websites for Word Lovers

*      A Word a Day

*      Suffixes and what they mean

*      The Eggcorn Database

 

If you find a site along these lines that you really like, please send me the link so I can add it here. Thanks. -- Dr. Wendy Austin