Dr. Judith M. Newman

Resources for Business &Technical Writing

Last Updated
July 3 2008


Handy Reference Materials

Hacker, Diana A Canadian Pocket Style Manual
Nelson Canada 1995
Seeley, John Oxford Everyday Grammar
Oxford University Press, 2004
Gallagher, Nora How To Stop A Sentence (and other methods of managing words): A Basic Guide to Punctuation
Addison-Wesley Pubishing Company, 1982
Truss, Lynn Eats, Shoots, and Leaves
Gotham Books, 2004
  —>   Try the Online Game
Thomas, Lewis Medusa and the Snail: On Punctuation
Toronto: Bantam Books, 1979: pp. 103-106

Moraes, Frank Cheatsheet for Bloggers
Some simple grammatical suggestions to make your blog easier to read
 

Links To Online Resources

 

Online Quizzes

Are you sure you have a handle on spelling, punctuation, and grammar?
Try the online quizzes below! Some of them are quite challenging. Answers are provided for all of them, explanations are provided with some.

This last quiz below is an example of the GMAT - Verbal Assessment Test. Try the sentence completion portions. This quiz is is challenging.

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Medical Technical Writing

   CAM-Medical Writing Centre
   Medical Writing: Index
   Medical Writing Resources
   A Short Course on Technical Writing
   Succeeding as a Technical Writer
   Inter-Biotech: Resources
   Inter-Biotech: Course
   ICMJE-Requirements for Manuscripts
   Technical Writing
 

Style Manuals

   The Ultimate Resource Guides for MLA, APA, Chicago and CSE
   Strunk: The Elements of Style
   APA Style Resources
   APA Style Guide
   ASU: Style Manual
   Garbl's Writing Centre
   Lynch's Guide to Grammar and Style
 

Grammar

   Online Quizzes To Check Your Proficiency
   Internet Grammar of English
   Online Writing Lab: Grammar
   Grammar & Punctuation
   Lynch Guide to Grammar & Style
   Harper's Online Writing Lab
   Concise Guide to Important Rules
   Grammar Matters
   The Tongue Untied
   English Grammar
 

Punctuation

   Online Quizzes To Check Your Proficiency
   Punctuation: Online Writing Lab
   Guide to Punctuation
   Punctuation
   Using Commas
 

Spelling

   Some Rules and Suggestions
   Rules for Nouns and Verbs
   Online Medical Spell Checker
   Common Words that Sound Alike
   Spelling Checker
 

Online Dictionaries

   Medical Dictionary
   Mirriam-Webster Online
   Cambridge Dictionaries Online
   yourDictionary.com
 

Common Errors

   Online Quizzes To Check Your Proficiency
   Common Errors: Intro
   Common Errors: List
   Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
 

Common Usage Problems

   Fused Sentences, Comma Splices
   Sentence Fragments
   Dangling Modifiers
   Misplaced Modifiers
   Parallelism
 

Citation

   Online! Citation Style: Index
   Citation
   APA: Electronic References
   Chicago Manual of Style
 

Inventing / Organizing

   Inventing
   Getting Started
   Graphic Organizers - 1
   Graphic Organizers - 2
 

Revising / Editing

   Editing vs Proofreading
   Power-Revision Techniques
   Revision
   The Editing & Rewriting Process
   Edit Yourself
   Editing Marks - 1
   Editing Marks - 2
   Editing Marks - 3
 

Proofreading

   Proofreading
   Proofreaders' Marks
   Proofreading Symbols
 

Information Structures

   Information Structures
   Managing Complexity
 

Document Design

   Page Design
   Headings
   Highlighting
   Effective Page Layout
   Page Layout Tips
 

Tables / Graphs / Flowcharts

   Graphs and Tables
   Technical Visuals
 

Persuasive Writing

   Fundamentals of Persuasive Writing
   Writing Persuasion
   Basic Principles of Persuasive Writing
 

Email

   Effective Email
   Email Ettiquette
   Netiquette / Signature / Filtering Rules
 

Presentations

   Powerpoint Presentations
   Powerpoint Tips
   More Powerpoint Tips

Memos / Business Letters / Reports

The resources below all take you to the Purdue Online Writing Lab Resources - the various topics are listed in the menu on the left of that page.
   Memo Writing
   Sales Letters
   Report Abstracts
   Business Letters: Accentuating the Positive
   Business Letters: Finding the Appropriate Tone
   Business Writing: Checklist
   Revision in Business Writing
   Parallel Structure
   Writing A Report
   Reports: Technical Guidelines
   Business and Technical Writing
 

Preparing Instructions

    Writing Instructions
   Writing Clear Instructions
 

Reports

   Writing Reports
   How To Write A Report
   Writing a Technical Report
 

Gender Fair Language

   Gender Neutral Language
   Gender-Neutral Language
   Non-Sexist Language
   Gender-Neutral Pronoun Usage
   Gender Fair Language
   Avoiding Bias
 

English As A Second Language

   ESL: Online Resources
 

The Editor -Writer Relationship

   The Role of the Technical Writing Editor
   The Editor-Writer Relationship
 

Press Release

   How To Write A Great Press Release
   Anatomy Of A Press Release
   Writing Press Releases
 

Technical Writing: More Resources

   Online Writing Lab - Resources
   U Vic Writer's Guide
   Technical Writing
   Technical Editors' Eyrie
   Technical Writer's Checklist
   Producing a Technical Document
   Online Technical Writing
   Working Fast
   Writing on Deadline
   Writing Strategies