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English usage guides : history, advice, attitudes / Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sociolinguistics.
- English language--Usage.
- English language.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- This work 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.
- Notes:
- This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 13, 2017).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-184588-4
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