The Executive Writer Resource Center

The rules governing the English language are many and complex. The purpose of this page is to put the standards of good usage and every facet of editing and proofreading at your fingertips. New links are added on a regular basis.

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Tip #1: If you do not find the answer to your writing question on any of the websites below, type your question into the search box on Google.com. Make sure you write your query as a question and end it with a question mark.

Tip #2: If you have trouble logging on to a website with a long address, try logging on to just the domain portion of the address and then navigate around the home page until you find the specific information you want. For example, if you cannot access http://www.nolo.com/lawcenter/dictionary/wordindex.cfm, just log on to www.nolo.com. The home page should have a table of contents that will direct you to the /lawcenter/dictionary/wordindex.cfm portion of the site.

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Dictionaries

Merriam-Webster OnLine

High-Tech Dictionary

Nolo Legal Dictionary

Medical Dictionary

Search 265 Foreign Language Dictionaries

English-to-American Dictionary

Acronym Finder

Search 992 Dictionaries at Once

Thesaurus

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus

Encyclopedias