Style guides
BOOKS
The Bedford Guide for College Writers
S. Holladay, D. Kennedy & X. Kennedy, Boston: Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press, 1993, third edition.
Three composition texts in one: (1) a process rhetoric with model readings; (2) a thematically organized reader with 40 brief prose selections accompanied by a full complement of editorial apparatus: bibliographical head notes, questions about vocabulary, form, content and connections to other selections. Finally, (3) a research guide which is the most comprehensive in its kind. Its 140 pages treat both library and field research thoroughly, and feature annotated student papers in both MLA and APA styles. It also includes the most extensive selection of MLA and APA citation models.
The Essentials of English: A Writer's Handbook
A. Hogue, Longman, 2003.
A very comprehensive all-round combined grammar and style guide containing the following sections: the Basics, Clear Sentences, Grammar, Punctuation, Mechanics, Writing and Revising, Formats, and a useful selection of Reference Lists.
LINKS
EU English Style Guide
Very comprehensive handbook aimed at authors and translators in the European Commission. As such contains a lot of detail but is easy to navigate.
KU English Style Guide
KU's much shorter version of the above.
