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000309284 24510 $$aGarner's modern American usage /$$cBryan A. Garner.
000309284 24630 $$aModern American usage
000309284 250__ $$a[2nd ed.]
000309284 260__ $$aOxford ;$$aNew York :$$bOxford University Press,$$c2003.
000309284 300__ $$axlv, 879 p. ;$$c25 cm.
000309284 500__ $$aRev. ed. of:  A dictionary of modern American usage. 1998.
000309284 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 877-879).
000309284 5050_ $$aPreface to second edition -- Preface to first edition -- Acknowledgments -- List of essay entries -- List of abbreviations -- Pronunciation guide -- Introductory essay: Making peace in the language wars -- Modern American usage -- Select glossary -- Timeline of books on usage -- Select bibliography.
000309284 520__ $$aThe 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.
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