Garner's modern American usage / Bryan A. Garner.
Garner, Bryan A.; Garner, Bryan A. Dictionary of modern American usage.
2003
PE2827 .G37 2003 (Mapit)
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Title Garner's modern American usage / Bryan A. Garner.
Author Garner, Bryan A.
Edition [2nd ed.]
ISBN 0195161912 (alk. paper)
9780195161915 (alk. paper)
Publication Details Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Language English
Description xlv, 879 p. ; 25 cm.
Call Number PE2827 .G37 2003
Dewey Decimal Classification 423/.1
Summary The first edition of Garner's Modern American Usage established Bryan Garner as "an American equivalent of Fowler" (Library Journal). With more than 23,500 copies sold, this witty, accessible, and engaging book has become the new classic reference work praised by professional copyeditors as well as the general public looking for clear advice on how to write more effectively. In 1999, Choice magazine named it an Outstanding Academic Book and the American Library Association dubbed it an Outstanding Reference Source. With thousands of succinct entries, longer essays on key issues and problematic areas, and up-to-the-minute judgments on everything from trendy words to the debate over personal pronouns, GMAU is approachable yet authoritative. Since the book first appeared in 1998, Bryan Garner has diligently continued tracking how we use our language. The second edition includes hundreds of new entries ranging from Dubya to weaponize (coined in 1984 but used extensively since 9/11) to foot-and-mouth, plethora (a "highfalutin equivalent of too many"), Slang, Standard English, and Dialects. It also updates hundreds of existing entries. Meanwhile, Garner has written a major essay on the great grammar debate between descriptivists and prescriptivists. Painstakingly researched with copious citations from books and newspapers and newsmagazines, this new edition furthers Garner's mission to help everyone become a better writer, and to enjoy it in the process.
Note Rev. ed. of: A dictionary of modern American usage. 1998.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 877-879).
Added Author Garner, Bryan A. Dictionary of modern American usage.
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