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- Society for the Preservation of English Language and Literature
http://www.spellorg.com/ - "An organization of people who love [the English] language and are determined to resist its abuse and misuse in the news media and elsewhere." Their website includes excerpts from the bimonthly publications SPELL/Binder, membership information, information on their scholarship essay competition, and examples of scholarship-winning essays.
- American Dialect Society
http://www.americandialect.org/ - For over a century, The American Dialect Society has devoted itself to the scholarly study of the English language in North America and other languages and dialects that have or are still influencing English speech. The site points to ADS publications and membership, meetings, constitutions and bylaws, announcements, addresses, "words of the year," index to ADS journal, American Speech (archived), net resources, calls for papers, job ads, and the ADS student center.
- U.S. English
http://www.us-english.org/inc/ - This site is for an organization dedicated to making English the official language of the US. It includes information on the political arm and services that the foundation offers, such as English as Second Language Classes.
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