more about words

The Muse Of Language Arts sincerely hopes that you have enjoyed Today's Word Of The Day. If your experience with Word Of The Day leads you to suspect that words can be interesting, amusing, edifying or informative, you ain't seen nuttin' yet.

• Visit The Muse Of Language Arts' Word Origins page for the etymological origins of words. click here.
• Portmanteau words are a special class of words worth knowing about. Visit the Portmanteau Words page to see more: click here.

About improperly used words

Improperly used words and expressions can be just as interesting, amusing, edifying or informative as their properly used counterparts. More so, even. Believe it.

• Visit The Muse Of Language Arts' Wrong Word Of The Day page for bizarre or laughable words or expressions, each of which has actually been used in earnest by someone somewhere, but is nevertheless a diverting (and perhaps informative) misuse of the English language: click here.

Electricka's reference shelf

Want to look up the meanings of words online? Electricka's Reference Shelf contains numerous dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference works that contain all sorts of information about words, among them an etymology dictionary, conventional dictionaries, encyclopedias, and thesauri. These references are the result of a collaboration between Electricka and The Muse Of Language Arts, so you know they have to be good.

• Visit Electricka's Reference Shelf: click here.

writing right

Having trouble getting the words down on paper the way you want them? Want to improve your English expository prose writing or help others? ETAF recommends Writing Right.

Writing Right is an ETAF app product that makes it easy to catch and correct all sorts of writing mistakes. Fix them while you are writing or editing. It also helps you to a better writing style.

• More about Writing Right: click here.

The Writing Right White Paper is a free white paper that explains the theory behind Writing Right.

• More about the Writing Right White Paper: click here.