Got questions about grammar, style or usage? You may well find the answers at one or more of these sites. There are plenty of other good places to look, of course, both online and off, but these sites are certainly helpful. Some people actually find them engrossing, compelling … even habit-forming. Check them out for yourself.

60+ English Grammar Resources for Fun & Effective Learning – A near-encyclopedic listing of grammar resources; don’t be intimidated – check it out!

Choose Your Words – A wonderful guide through the minefield of often-confused word pairs

Common Errors in English Usage – One of our favorite, most useful resources, which includes often-confused word pairs, but also offers more great information: the book, the website

Guide to Grammar & Style – Another favorite resource that includes often-confused word pairs but also provides a great deal of additional useful information: the book, the website

Guide to Literary Devices – This is a list, with examples, of a range of devices that writers and speakers can use to enliven their writing and speeches. They include not only such well-known devices as alliteration, euphemism, hyperbole, irony and metaphor, but many that are widely used but whose names are less widely known (e.g., assonance and consonance). Adding this list to the page was suggested by Peyton Wertz, 13 (as of February 2018), an aspiring writer who found it helpful and thought others might benefit from it too. It is not an exhaustive list, so if you don’t find what you’re looking for here, try Googling literary devices or rhetorical devices to find quite a few similar lists, some of which cover additional territory. Thank you for the suggestion, Peyton!

Purdue U. Online Writing Lab (OWL) – If you can’t find the answer anywhere else, try this