The Penguin Dictionary of American English Usage and Style
Title | The Penguin Dictionary of American English Usage and Style PDF eBook |
Author | Paul W. Lovinger |
Publisher | Penguin Group USA |
Pages | 491 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 9780142000465 |
Features more than one thousand primary entries, along with more than two thousand examples of questionable style and the misuse of language, providing valuable lessons for students, writers, and speakers.
Penguin Dictionary of American English Usage and Style
Title | Penguin Dictionary of American English Usage and Style PDF eBook |
Author | Paul W. Lovinger |
Publisher | Turtleback Books |
Pages | |
Release | 2001-12-01 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 9780606247221 |
Features more than one thousand primary entries, along with more than two thousand examples of questionable style and the misuse of language, providing valuable lessons for students, writers, and speakers.
Penguin Dictionary of American English Usage and Style: A Readable Referenc
Title | Penguin Dictionary of American English Usage and Style: A Readable Referenc PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Turtleback Books |
Pages | |
Release | 2001-12-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781417736393 |
The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style
Title | The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style PDF eBook |
Author | Bryan A. Garner |
Publisher | |
Pages | 388 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780195135084 |
Covers basic grammar, punctuation, spelling, and idiomatic phrases of American English.
The American Heritage Book Of English Usage
Title | The American Heritage Book Of English Usage PDF eBook |
Author | Editors of the American Heritage Di |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Pages | 314 |
Release | 1996-09-09 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 9780547563213 |
For the first time, the editors of the acclaimed American Heritage(R) Dictionary have applied their efforts to word usage as its own subject. The result is this practical guide that includes chapters on grammar, style, diction, gender, social groups, pronunciation, word formation, science terms, and a subject and a word index.
English Usage Guides
Title | English Usage Guides PDF eBook |
Author | Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 229 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 0198808208 |
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.
A Dictionary of Modern American Usage
Title | A Dictionary of Modern American Usage PDF eBook |
Author | Bryan A. Garner |
Publisher | New York : Oxford University Press |
Pages | 760 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN |
In an age of linguistic uncertainty, this book gives surefooted guidance on the direct, precise, and robust use of the English language. And although the book is scholarly, it is leavened with a dry wit. It is at once entertaining and educational.