Usage and abusage
a guide to good English
by Eric Partridge
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Usage and Abusage is a classic that has stood up well to the passage of time. But language does evolve over the years, and new problems (such as the use of "hopefully") and current topics (such as "sexism") have engendered a whole new vocabulary, which cannot be omitted from any book discussing the English of the 1990s. In this new edition, Janet Whitcut has revised Partridge's popular reference book to reflect the language of well-informed writers, readers, and speakers today. In addition, she has added a section to the book entitled Vogue Words, which includes words such as "crash" "symbiotic," and "viable" that have acquired a power and an influence beyond those that they originally possessed. Usage and Abusage wittily attacks linguistic abusage of all kinds and offers constructive advice on the proper use of English.
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English language, Dictionaries, Grammar, Usage, Errors of usage, Idioms, corrections, errors, Handbooks, manuals, Language and languages, Language and languages, study and teaching, English language, errors of usage, English language, grammar, English language, usage, Idioms, Engels, StilistikTimes
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Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English
April 1995, W. W. Norton & Company
in English
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Usage and abusage: a guide to good English
1995, Penguin Books, Penguin Putnam~trade
in English
- New ed. / edited by Janet Whitcut.
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Usage and abusage: A guide to good English
1984, Penguin Books
Paperback
in English
- Reprinted with revisions
0140510249 9780140510249
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"Professor W. Cabell Greet, has annotated this work with such comment on American usage as seemed useful for the reader."--Publisher's note.
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