Garner's modern English usage

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"Illustrates with actual examples, cited with chapter and verse, all the linguistic blunders that modern writers and speakers are pone to, whether in word choice, syntax phrasing, punctuation, or pronunciation."--Jacket.

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Full title :Garner's modern English usage / Bryan A. Garner.

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Publication Date:©2016
Edition:Fourth edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:New York, NY
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2016

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"This book is a successor to three editions (1998, 2003, 2009) of Garner's Modern American Usage"--Title page verso.

Revision of: Garner, Bryan A. Garner's modern American usage. Third edition. New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

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Description:lvi, 1056 pages ; : 26 cm

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ISBN:9780190491482, 0190491485, 0195382757, 9780195382754
oclc:ocn922726594
LC Classification:PE2827
Dewey Decimal:428

Preface to the Fourth edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Acknowledgments -- List of essay entries -- List of abbreviations -- Pronunciation guide -- Key to the language-change index -- Essay: Making peace in the language wars -- Essay: The ongoing tumult in English usage -- Garner's Modern English usage -- Glossary of grammatical, rhetorical, and other language-related terms -- A timeline of books on usage -- Select bibliography -- Select index of writers quoted or mentioned.

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