English FAQ

FAQ

• Tips for Proper English (tongue in cheek)
• Keep it short!
• Abbreviations
• Common problems
  
• slay the suffix
• Poetic or elegant variation        
• Only & like vs. as
• Equations
• Jargon, examples from the foundations. Like them this site is ever growing.
• Common Punctuation Problems
• History of Punctuation
• History of the Semicolon
• Safire on style.
• Three word choices to avoid.
• Does using email destroy writing skills?

Strunk's Elements of Style

Interesting words to avoid

Syntax

Probably more than you want to know. It is part of and links to a course in Linguistics at U Penn.