Links to Some of My Favorite Websites

Turn It In. This Web-site will check your paper to see if you have plagiarized anything.  You will have to create an account and choose a password. 

www.turnitin.com

Writer's Almanac.  You’ll like this website if you like history, literature, poetry, and music. It’s an “On- this- day- in- history” almanac and a poem for the day.  A nice start to any day. 

http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/

Writing First.  This website has lots of information on grammar issues (including quizzes I use in class) and research, including APA format guidelines.  I always tell people, “If you can’t find me, or if you’re writing your paper at 2:00 a.m., and you have a question, go to Diana and ask her.”  This website has the path to Diana Hacker’s Research Room, the place to go for APA answers and samples. PLEASE write down the email address and password you decide to use for this website. 

www.bedfordstmartins.com/writingfirst

Grammar Bytes.  Fun quizzes to test your grammar skills.  What?  Did I say “grammar” and “fun” in the same sentence?  You betcha!

www.chompchomp.com

Brain Candy .“She’s been married so many times she has rice marks on her face . . .”  If you like witty remarks, stinging insults of famous people, lawyer jokes, riddles, mind games, dying words of famous people, or just having fun with words, you will love this website. 

http://www.corsinet.com/braincandy/

The Grammar Lady!  Type in your question and she will answer it, lickety split.  And she seems to be awake all night and all day.  I love her.  You will too.

http://aacton.gladbrook.iowapages.org/id3.html

Common Errors in English Usage.  Should I say “collaborate” or “corroborate”?  “Affect” or “effect”?  How about “allusion” versus “illusion” or “all ready” versus “already”?  Well, if you have these questions, this is the website for you.  It’s great fun. 

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/

Non-Errors in English Usage. “Don’t ever start a sentence with the word ‘but’. . .”   and other myths! Here is a list of “usages” that people may have told you were errors, but are actually standard in English.

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/nonerrors.html

New York Times Books - Bestsellers.  What are people reading these days?  Find out here.

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/index.html

Funny Metaphors.  Very funny analogies and metaphors written by high school students.

http://thatsrich.com/metaphors.htm

Apostrophe Protection Society. I am passionate about apostrophe use!  Here is the Web-site for the Apostrophe Protection Society.  And yes, I have John Richards's autograph. 

http://www.apostrophe.org.uk/