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Resources for English Writing English Writing

Types of Resources Dictionaries Writing websites Writing Centers on the internet

The dictionaries you need for writing

Types of Dictionaries Conventional Dictionaries Dictionaries of Synonyms and Antonyms (Thesaurus) Dictionaries of Collocation Dictionaries on CD-ROMs

Conventional Dictionaries

Dictionaries of Synonyms and Antonyms Roget ’ s Thesaurus

Dictionaries of Collocation 英語搭配大辭典 (A Dictionary of English Collocations) 中央圖 書出版社

Collocation Example: research V + N Do/carry out/conduct/pursue research *make research Adj. + N Academic/comprehensive/independent/ detailed/intensive/considerable research N + Prep. A research for facts (a purpose) Research in linguistics (an academic subject) Research on diseases of the blood (a certain topic)

Dictionaries on CD-ROMs Advantages Fast and convenient More detailed explanation than electronic dictionaries Multi-functional Grammar Usage Thesaurus Examples Easy to compile your own vocabulary reference list

ENCYCLOPEDIA

WRITING WEBSITES

Dictionaries on the Internet Cambridge Dictionaries Online Encarta World English Dictionary Collins Concordance and Collocations Sampler Longman Web Dictionary webdictionary.html/ Cambridge Dictionaries Online Encarta World English Dictionary Collins Concordance and Collocations Sampler Longman Web Dictionary webdictionary.html/

WRITING CENTERS ON THE INTERNET

Writing Centers UNC-Chapel Hill wrcindex.html UNC-Charlotte handouts/ Purdue University index.html