LANGUAGE LEARNING AND USING LINKS
Online dictionaries (some providing pronunciation):
- Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary: http://www.dictionary.cambridge.org
- Oxford dictionaries: http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com http://www.oed.com
- Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary: http://www.merriam-webster.com
- Dictionary.com: http://dictionary.com
- The Free Dictionary: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/
- Wordsmyth: http://www.wordsmyth.net
- Talking dictionary of English pronunciation: http://www.howjsay.com
- http://www.yourdictionary.com/
Thesauruses: http://thesaurus.com / http://www.synonym.com
Simple search of the British National Corpus: http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/using/index.xml?ID=simple
The Academic Phrasebank developed at the University of Manchester is a general resource for academic writers. It aims to provide you with examples of some of the phraseological “nuts and bolts” of writing: http://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/
Tense use in academic writing: https://www.scribbr.com/academic-writing/common-uses-tenses-academic-writing/
Use of the three main tenses in academic writing: http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/verb-tenses/
Online exercises on tense use: https://www.adelaide.edu.au/english-for-uni/tenses/
Writing centres:
Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL): http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
University of Toronto: Advice on academic writing: http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice
LEO: The Write Place Catalogue: http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/catalogue.html
Academic Writing in English: http://sana.aalto.fi/awe/
Online writing guides:
Andy Gillett, Using English for Academic Purposes: Academic Writing http://www.uefap.com/writing/writfram.htm
UW-Madison Writer’s Handbook: http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/
The Mayfield Handbook of Technical and Scientific Writing: http://www.mhhe.com/mayfieldpub/tsw/home.htm
Grammar, Punctuation, and Capitalization: A Handbook for Technical Writers and Editors: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19900017394.pdf
Online tools to correct your errors:
In addition to the spelling and grammar tools incorporated into your word processor, various free online tools can help you with error correction. Here are some examples:
- http://sentencechecker.com
- http://www.onlinecorrection.com
- http://www.gingersoftware.com/grammarcheck#.WfasVduB1bU
- https://smallseotools.com/grammar-checker/
- https://www.grammarcheck.net/editor/
- http://grammarly.com
https://www.eapfoundation.com/
http://www.freecollocation.com/
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/purdue_owl.html
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