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www.m-w.com—the Merriam Webster Online site has a number of interesting
features that will make you forget you are trying to improve your spelling!
Check out the Word for the Wise section (www.m-w.com/wftw/wftw.htm) for
fun facts about words.
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www.randomhouse.com/words/—here you
will find crossword puzzles, quizzes,
dictionaries, and other fun stuff all in one site.
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www.spellingbee.com/index.shtml—the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee
site contains “Carolyn’s Corner” with weekly tips and information on spelling.
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www.spellweb.com—this site will help you to pick the correct spelling of two
versions of a word or phrase.
Print
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Vocabulary and Spelling Success in 20 Minutes a Day, 3rd Edition (New York:
LearningExpress, 2002).
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Devine, Felice.
Goof-Proof Spelling (New York: LearningExpress, 2003).
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1,001 Vocabulary and Spelling Questions, 2nd Edition (New York: Learning-
Express, 2003).
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Agnes, Michael.
Webster’s New World Pocket Misspeller’s Dictionary (New York:
Hungry Minds, 1997).
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http://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/guides/esl.html—University
of Oregon,
Yamada Language Center website.
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www.protrainco.com/info/grammar.htm—
Good Grammar, Good Style Pages by
The Professional Training Company.
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www.englishgrammar101.com—this site offers several English grammar
tutorials.
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www.dailygrammar.com—this site offers daily e-mail messages with a gram-
mar lesson five days of the week and a quiz on the sixth day.
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www.grammarbook.com—the
popular Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
online, with simple explanations of grammar and punctuation pitfalls, and
separate exercises and answer keys.
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Print
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Devine, Felice.
Goof-Proof Grammar (New York: LearningExpress, 2003).
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501 Grammar and Writing Questions (New York: LearningExpress, 1999).
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Grammar Essentials, 2nd edition (New York: LearningExpress, 2000).
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Straus, Jane.
The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation, 7th edition (Mill
Valley: Jane Straus, 2001).