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EasyWriter Resources / Links / Sentences: Stylistic Choices PARALLEL FORM http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/parallelism.htm Using examples from Strunk's Elements of Style, this page shows corrections of faulty parallelism and offers two quizzes. HOW TO IMPROVE SENTENCE VARIETY http://www.asu.edu/duas/wcenter/variety.html Arizona State University posts this online handout on sentence variety. A COLLECTION OF AMBIGUOUS, INCONSISTENT, AND INCOMPLETE STATEMENTS http://www.gray-area.org/Research/Ambig A treasure trove of inconsistent and incomplete statements from the real world (one favorite: the ad offering "dress shirts for men with 16 necks"). THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE http://www.bartleby.com/141/ Strunk's classic advice on usage and style. WHAT IS A CONJUNCTION? http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/conjunct.html From the University of Ottawa's wonderful HyperGrammar comes clear and thorough advice on using coordinating and subordinating conjunctions. STYLE SEMINAR http://www.esc.edu/esconline/across_esc/writerscomplex.nsf/wholeshortlinks2/Style+Seminar+menu Empire State College presents this online workshop on style. This selection of links is based on the work of Nick Carbone, a well-known scholar of online discourse. |
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