Author: Bryan Garner
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199888779
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1007
Book Description
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, this book 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. Now in the third edition, readers will find the "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. Garner's Modern American Usage, 3e is the first usage guide ever to incorporate such a language-change index, and 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.
Garner's Modern American Usage
Author: Bryan Garner
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199888779
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1007
Book Description
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, this book 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. Now in the third edition, readers will find the "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. Garner's Modern American Usage, 3e is the first usage guide ever to incorporate such a language-change index, and 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.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199888779
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1007
Book Description
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, this book 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. Now in the third edition, readers will find the "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. Garner's Modern American Usage, 3e is the first usage guide ever to incorporate such a language-change index, and 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.
That Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means
Author: Ross Petras
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
ISBN: 0399581278
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
An entertaining and informative guide to the most common 150 words even smart people use incorrectly, along with pithy forays into their fascinating etymologies and tangled histories of use and misuse. Even the most erudite among us use words like apocryphal, facetious, ironic, meteorite, moot, redundant, and unique incorrectly every day. Don’t be one of them. Using examples of misuse from leading newspapers, prominent public figures and famous writers, among others, language gurus Ross Petras and Kathryn Petras explain how to avoid these perilous pitfalls in the English language. Each entry also includes short histories of how and why these mistake have happened, some of the (often surprisingly nasty) debates about which uses are (and are not) mistakes, and finally, how to use these words correctly … or why to not use them at all. By the end of this book, every literati will be able to confidently, casually, and correctly toss in an “a priori” or a “limns” without hesitation.
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
ISBN: 0399581278
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
An entertaining and informative guide to the most common 150 words even smart people use incorrectly, along with pithy forays into their fascinating etymologies and tangled histories of use and misuse. Even the most erudite among us use words like apocryphal, facetious, ironic, meteorite, moot, redundant, and unique incorrectly every day. Don’t be one of them. Using examples of misuse from leading newspapers, prominent public figures and famous writers, among others, language gurus Ross Petras and Kathryn Petras explain how to avoid these perilous pitfalls in the English language. Each entry also includes short histories of how and why these mistake have happened, some of the (often surprisingly nasty) debates about which uses are (and are not) mistakes, and finally, how to use these words correctly … or why to not use them at all. By the end of this book, every literati will be able to confidently, casually, and correctly toss in an “a priori” or a “limns” without hesitation.
Americanisms--old and New
Author: John Stephen Farmer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present
Author: William Ernest Henley
Publisher:
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Revenue Bill
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means
Publisher:
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Category : Income tax
Languages : en
Pages : 812
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Income tax
Languages : en
Pages : 812
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Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means
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Category : Finance
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Finance
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description
Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, on the Proposed Revenue Act of 1918
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means
Publisher:
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Category : Postal service
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Postal service
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Dictionary of Americanisms
Author: John Russell Bartlett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
Dictionary of Americanisms, 2nd ed. enlarged
Author: John Russell Bartlett
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 578
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 578
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A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant
Author: Albert Barrère
Publisher:
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Category : Cant
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cant
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description