The following are my three primary editing resources:
- Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 11th edition
- The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition (CMoS17)
- The Christian Writer’s Manual of Style, 4th edition, Robert Hudson
I also consult a variety of other resources, both print and online. Here are a few:
- Your house style guide and/or project style sheet, if available
- SBL Handbook of Style
- The Copyeditor’s Handbook, Amy Einsohn
- The McGraw-Hill Education Handbook of English Grammar and Usage, Mark Lester and Larry Beason
- Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage
- Bible Gateway
- Dreyer’s English, Benjamin Dreyer
- Word Hippo (online thesaurus)
- The Law (in Plain English) for Writers, Leonard DuBoff and Bert Krages II
