Fowler's modern English usage
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Fowler's modern English usage
Oxford University Press, 2004, c1996
Rev. 3rd ed. / by R.W. Burchfield
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The new Fowler's modern English usage
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"Reissued with title change"--T.p. verso
Previously published as The new Fowler's modern English usage, by Clarendon Press, 1998
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Fowler's Modern English Usage is the world-famous guide to English usage, loved and used by writers of all kinds. In keeping with its long tradition, Fowler's gives comprehensive and practical advice on grammar, syntax, style, and choice of words. It gives a clear and authoritative picture of the English we use, and elucidates many scores of usage questions such as the split infinitive and the intricacies of political correctness. It gives in-depth coverage of both British and American English with reference to the English of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa. The volume includes wide-ranging examples of usage from a broad selection of newspapers, journals, and books from across the globe, and features illustrative quotations from authors such as Agatha Christie, Chinua Achebe, Iris Murdoch, Harold Pinter, and Noel Coward. Based on the evidence and research of the Oxford Dictionaries Programme, this is the most comprehensive and authoritative guide to usage available. The third edition of 1996 provided a complete revision and an expansion of the original text, bringing the book fully up to date on all matters of grammar, usage, syntax, and style.
This is a reissue of the revised third edition of 1998, which includes a new Supplement and revised entries. Replaces isbn 0198602634.
Table of Contents
- Preface to the Third Edition
- Acknowledgements
- Dedication, 1926
- Key to the Pronunciation
- Abbreviations and Symbols
- Bibliographical Abbreviations
- A-Z
- Preface to the Supplement of the Revised Third Edition
- Supplement
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