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The Oxford dictionary of American usage and style / Bryan A. Garner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Garner, Bryan A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--United States--Usage--Dictionaries.
- English language.
- Americanisms--Dictionaries.
- Americanisms.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 360 pages)
- Other Title:
- Dictionary of American usage and style
- American usage and style
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this book of crisp, precise and often witty pronouncements on modern American English, Bryan Garner decisively answers hundreds of other questions that bedevil those who care about the language. Garner draws on a host of evidence to support his judgements, citing thousands of examples - good, bad, and ugly - from sources such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Newsweek.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780199891245 (ebook) :
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