English Language List

1 A History of the English Language

http://www.wordorigins.org/histeng.htm

English is a member of the Indo-European family of languages which includes most of the major branches of European languages spoken today: Latin and the modern Romance languages, the Germanic languages, the Indo-Iranian languages, including Hindi and Sanskrit, the Slavic languages, the Baltic languages of Latvian and Lithuanian (but not Estonian), the Celtic languages, and Greek.

2 Guide to Grammar and Writing

http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/index.html

Maintained by Professor of English at Capital Community-Technical College this site includes grammar rules with examples and quizzes and also a section to check the archives of frequently asked questions.

3 A Brief History of the English Language

http://cls.coe.utk.edu/lpm/esltoolkit/01history.html

English is most closely related to Flemish, Dutch, and German, and is somewhat related to Icelandic, Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish, and Old English which developed from immigrants from Denmark and NW Germany who arrived in Britain in the 5th and 6th Centuries A.D., speaking in related dialects belonging to the Germanic and Teutonic branches of the Indo-European language family.

4 Common Errors in English

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors

Warehouse of hundreds of commonly confused and misused English words and errors concerning only with deviations from the standard use of English as judged by sophisticated users such as professional writers, editors, teachers, and literate executives and personnel officers.

5 The Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar

http://www.ateg.org

ATEG of the National Council of Teachers of English, is a national forum for discussing the teaching of grammar, and welcomes all views on the role of grammar in our schools and site has email list where all aspects of the teaching of English grammar are discussed.

6 Information Internet: English Grammar Main Page

http://library.thinkquest.org/10679/english/eng_main.html

Communication is one of the keys to knowledge. In order to communicate an idea correctly one must have proper grammar. True, one can communicate their thoughts and ideas with out proper grammar.

7 Awesome Library - English

http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Classroom/English/Reading_and_Writing/

The Awesome Library organizes 17,000 carefully reviewed K-12 education resources, the top 5 percent for teachers, students, parents, and librarians.

8 Guide to Grammar and Style

http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing

Includes grammar rules and suggestions for making writing more precise and graceful.

9 Hypertext Guide to English Grammar, Mechanics, and Usage Rules

http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~cs5014/fall.95/courseNotes/WebPages/5.Technical

Web based guide to English grammar, mechanics, and usage.

10 The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

http://the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/

Site has text of the plays is available of the great Bard of Avon with Shakespeares plays and poetry.

11 The Quotations Page

http://www.starlingtech.com/quotes/

Includes a searchable database of over 20,000 quotations, quotes of the day, motivational quotes, quotes by author. Quotes by author include: Shakespeare, Einstein, Aristotle, Winston Churchill, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, Gandhi, Confucius, Nietzsche, Thoreau, Emerson, Benjamin Franklin.