[PDF] Harper Dictionary Of Contemporary Usage eBook

Author : William Morris
Publisher : New York : Harper & Row
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 19,80 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Reference
ISBN :

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Includes commentaries on the use and misuse of contemporary words and phrases.

Author : Mark Davidson
Publisher :
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 48,52 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :

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"Integrates and transcends the latest editions of Strunk & White, Fowler, the Associated Press stylebook [and others]" and, where authorities disagree, offers possible solutions.

Author : Bryan Garner
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 1007 pages
File Size : 30,11 MB
Release : 2009-07-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 019987462X

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Since first appearing in 1998, Garner's Modern American Usage has established itself as the preeminent guide to the effective use of the English language. Brimming with witty, erudite essays on troublesome words and phrases, GMAU authoritatively shows how to avoid the countless pitfalls that await unwary writers and speakers whether the issues relate to grammar, punctuation, word choice, or pronunciation. An exciting new feature of this third edition is Garner's Language-Change Index, which registers where each disputed usage in modern English falls on a five-stage continuum from nonacceptability (to the language community as a whole) to acceptability, giving the book a consistent standard throughout. GMAU is the first usage guide ever to incorporate such a language-change index. The judgments are based both on Garner's own original research in linguistic corpora and on his analysis of hundreds of earlier studies. Another first in this edition is the panel of critical readers: 120-plus commentators who have helped Garner reassess and update the text, so that every page has been improved. Bryan A. Garner is a writer, grammarian, lexicographer, teacher, and lawyer. He has written professionally about English usage for more than 28 years, and his work has achieved widespread renown. David Foster Wallace proclaimed that Bryan Garner is a genius and William Safire called the book excellent. In fact, due to the strength of his work on GMAU, Garner was the grammarian asked to write the grammar-and-usage chapter for the venerable Chicago Manual of Style. His advice on language matters is second to none.

Author : Jeremy Butterfield
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 928 pages
File Size : 21,51 MB
Release : 2015-03-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0191064947

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Why literally shouldn't be taken literally. Why Americans think home in on something is a mistake and Brits think hone in is. Is it OK to spell OK okay? What's wrong with hence why? Was Alanis Morrisette ever ironic? Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage is the world-famous guide to English usage, loved and used by writers, editors, and anyone who values correct English since it first appeared in 1926. Fowler's gives comprehensive and practical advice on complex points of grammar, syntax, punctuation, style, and word choice. Now enlarged and completely revised to reflect English usage in the 21st century, it provides a crystal-clear, authoritative picture of the English we use, while illuminating scores of usage questions old and new. International in scope, it gives in-depth coverage of both British and American English usage issues, with reference also to the English of Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, and South Africa. The thousands of authentic examples in the book vividly demonstra

Author : Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 38,8 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0198808208

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This volume explores both historical and current issues in English usage guides or style manuals. Chapters look at how and why these guides are compiled, and by whom; what sort of advice they contain; how they differ from grammars and dictionaries; and how attitudes to usage have changed.