Garner's modern English usage /
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Garner, Bryan A [author.]
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Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.Edition: Fourth edition.Description: lvi, 1056 pages ; 26 cm.ISBN: 0190491485; 9780190491482.Other title: Modern English usage; previous editions have title: Garner's modern American usage.Subject(s): English language -- Usage -- Dictionaries| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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"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.
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.

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