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Garner's modern English usage / Bryan A. Garner.
LIBRA PE1464 .G37 2016
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Garner, Bryan A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Usage--Dictionaries.
- English language.
- English language--Usage.
- English language--United States--Usage--Dictionaries.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- lvi, 1056 pages ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- Fourth edition.
- Other Title:
- Modern English usage
- previous editions have title: Garner's modern American usage
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Contents:
- Preface to the Fourth edition
- Preface to the third 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.
- Notes:
- "This book is a successor to three editions (1998, 2003, 2009) of Garner's Modern American Usage" -- Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.
- Other Edition:
- Successor to: Garner, Bryan A. third edition New York : Oxford University Press, 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780190491482
- 0190491485
- OCLC:
- 922726594
- Publisher Number:
- 99967147063
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