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Paradigm
Online Writing Assistant
http://www.powa.org/
This site contains suggestions for writing across the process, from topic selection and composing and organizing through editing; also looks at different styles of essays (informal, thesis/support, argumentative, and exploratory).
NOTE:
Although the site is affiliated with amazon.com, the Composition Program
of George Mason University has no affiliation with amazon.com.
Guide
to Grammar and Writing
http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
This site offers comprehensive instruction on grammar and style at the sentence and paragraph levels along with an explication of "Principles of Composition" at the essay level.
Big
Dog's Grammar: A Bare Bones Guide to English
http://aliscot.com/bigdog/
This site covers the following grammar points: Subjects, Verbs, Prepositions, Fragments, Comma-splices/Fused sentences, Joiners, Agreement (Subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent), Dangling and Misplaced modifiers, Parallel structures, Reference, Pronouns, Consistency, Active/passive constructions. Interactive exercises allow the reader to see how well s/he has understood each point (except for Joiners).
FastFax: Improving Your Grammar (Writing Services from the University
of Guelph, Ontario, Canada)
http://www.learningcommons.uoguelph.ca/writing/fastfax/grammar.htm
This site provides text-based explanation of subject-verb agreement, pronoun-noun agreement, placement of modifiers and use of apostrophes with examples along with links to style, sentence structure, and punctuation.
Bottom-Line, Low Anxiety Grammar & Sentence Structure
http://www.esc.edu/[...]
This
site provides text-based explanations about sentence structure and
interactive exercises to check comprehension.
University
Writing Center
http://writingcenter.gmu.edu
Free one-on-one tutoring, either in person or online, for all students
in the university. The Writing Center also runs free workshops on common
writing concerns such as punctuation or writing thesis statements, and
provides an extensive library of online handouts and reference materials
to help with all
writing assignments.
The GMU Library
http://library.gmu.edu
For help with research inquiries, please visit the WITS
tutorial on Research Skills, which is also on the Composition Program
website.