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Sentences: Stylistic Choices

PARALLEL FORM
http://cctc.commnet.edu/grammar/parallelism.htm
Using examples from Strunk's Elements of Style, this page shows corrections of faulty parallelism and offers two quizzes.


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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