Intro G: Where is the FAQ?

Subject:	Intro G: Where is the FAQ?
Date:	Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:40:04 GMT

Last Revised 2008-08-10 (10 Aug 2008)
A copy of this is posted at:
The alt.usage.english Website
http://alt-usage-english.org/

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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 .

-- 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. 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