The Perfectibility of Words
(Robert Hartwell Fiske)
http://www.vocabula.com/concisesample.htm
A Brief Guide to Reducing
Wordiness (Norton Writing Center)
http://rx.stlcop.edu/wcenter/Wordiness.htm
Buried Under Words: Help
for Wordiness Problems (University of Victoria)
http://www.humboldt.edu/~gbn2/wordyhlp.htm
Conciseness: Methods of Reducing
Wordiness (Purdue University)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_concise.html
Concise Writing (Dr. Betty
Hart, University of Southern Indiana)
http://www.usi.edu/extserv/usiowl/concisbh.htm
Concise Writing Handout (Rogue
Community College)
http://distance.rogue.cc.or.us/owl/Business/concise.htm
Concision (Michael Harvey)
http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/concision.html
Curing Wordiness
http://www.transaction.net/web/tutor/text/terse.html
Deadwood Phrases
http://www.pnl.gov/ag/usage/deadwood.html
Writing Clear, Concise Sentences
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/ClearConciseSentences.html
Nine Easy Steps to Longer
Sentences (Kathy McGinty)
http://www.plainlanguage.gov/library/longsent.htm
Plague Words and Phrases
(Charles Darling, Capital Community College)
http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/plague.htm
Principles of Clear Writing
(National Archives and Records Administration)
http://www.nara.gov/fedreg/dldprinc.html
Improving Sentence Clarity
(Purdue University)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_sentclar.html
Removing Word Clutter (Jennifer
Jordan-Henley, Roane State Community College)
http://www2.rscc.cc.tn.us/~jordan_jj/OWL/Clutter.html
Revising Common Sentence-Level
Problems (Sharon Williams and Wendy Sharer, Hamilton College)
http://www.hamilton.edu/academic/Resource/WC/CommonGramErrors.html
Strategies for Reducing Wordiness
(Judith Kilborn, The Write Place)
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/style/wordiness.html
Tips for Reducing Wordiness
(Trobe University, Australia)
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/www/lasu/Resources_TRW.htm
Writing Concise Sentences
(Charles Darling, Capital Community College)
http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/concise.htm
Antiquated Phrases (Roane
State Community College)
http://www2.rscc.cc.tn.us/~jordan_jj/OWL/Antiquated.html
Tone and Audience Awareness
(Roane State Community College)
http://www2.rscc.cc.tn.us/~jordan_jj/OWL/Tone.html
Cohesion: Using Repetition
(Judith Kilborn, St. Cloud University)
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/style/cohesion.html
English
Mega Sites
These URL's link
to comprehensive English websites that cover nearly every aspect of the
writing process
Guide to Grammar and Writing
(Charles Darling, Capital Community College)
http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm
The Nuts and Bolts of College
Writing (Michael harvey, Washington College)
http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/nb-home.html
The King’s English (H. W.
Fowler)
http://www.bartleby.com/116/index.html
Writing Center (University
of Richmond)
http://www.richmond.edu/~writing/wweb.html
Study Web: Links for Learning
(Lightspan, Inc.)
http://www.studyweb.com/Language_Arts/langtoc.htm
Sentence Sense (Evelyn Farbman
and Charles Darling)
http://ccc.commnet.edu/sensen
An Overview of Language Mechanics
(Flora Joy)
http://www.etsu.edu/stories/langmech.htm