Subject: Intro G: Where is the FAQ?
Last Revised 2008-08-10 (10 Aug 2008)
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Contents of Intro G: Where is the FAQ?
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I. Recommended Resources for Newcomers
1. Where can you find the AUE Website?
2. What will you find at the AUE Website?
II. Other versions of Mark Israel's FAQ
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I. Recommended Resources for Newcomers
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1. Newcomers to alt.usage.english are strongly advised to make use of
the AUE Website documents. Links to the lengthy FAQ and all our
documents can be found on the main page:
http://www.alt-usage-english.org/
2. What will you find at the AUE Website?
-- Introduction to alt.usage.english
A series of seven documents that are posted regularly in the newsgroup
alt.usage.english, approximately one every two days. The current titles
in the series are:
- Intro A: Welcome to AUE and Guidelines for Posting
- Intro B: Useful Web Sites for AUE Participants
- Intro C: Mini-FAQ on Words and Phrases
- Intro D: Mini-FAQ on Grammar, Usage and Punctuation
- Intro E: Mini-FAQ on Spelling
- Intro F: AUE FAQ Contents
- Intro G: Where is the FAQ?
-- Mark Israel's AUE FAQ
The AUE FAQ is a large document with hundreds of entries about the
English language. It was compiled and edited by Mark Israel
in 1997, and converted to "Fast-Access" form by Bob Cunningham. This
link:
http://www.alt-usage-english.org/fast_faq.shtml
brings you to the Table of Contents; click on desired heading, and see
that section only.
-- AUE FAQ Supplement
Numerous additional topics not covered in Mark Israel's FAQ.
Please submit entries to the webmaster.
-- a link to www.yaelf.com, an "alternative FAQ" that specializes in
news stories on language, and recent research.
-- "Search This Site"
This link offers two methods to search for words in the entire website;
plus, these methods search a number of other sites and columns on words
and language, such as Evan Morris' "Word Detective" and Michael
Quinion's "World Wide Words."
-- The Audio Archives (primarily to study regional pronunciations)
-- The guide to learning ASCII IPA notation
-- Links to other useful resources
-- What's New
Has anything changed since you last visited the site? Look here.
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II. Other versions of Mark Israel's FAQ
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Other editions of Mark Israel's FAQ are available.
l. A merger of Mark Israel's FAQ and the AUE FAQ Supplement is
resident at exw6sxq.com. It is in two forms:
-- Single page
http://www.exw6sxq.com/sparky/aue_related/full_faq.html
-- Fast access
http://www.exw6sxq.com/sparky/aue_related/fast_faq.html
2. The a.u.e webmaster keeps this list of special editions of the FAQ:
-- "Places to find FAQ documents"
http://www.alt-usage-english.org/wheres_the_faq.html
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Comments and corrections to these "Intro Documents" should be emailed
to: Donna Richoux