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Fowler's Concise Dictionary of Modern English Usage - Oxford Quick Reference (Paperback)
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Fowler's Concise Dictionary of Modern English Usage - Oxford Quick Reference (Paperback)

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Published: 10/03/2016
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Fowler's Concise Dictionary of Modern English Usage is an invaluable reference work that offers the best advice on English usage. Known in previous editions as the 'Pocket Fowler', this third edition is a descendant of the original 1926 edition of A Dictionary of Modern English Usage by Henry Fowler. Based on the unrivalled evidence and research of the Oxford Languages Programme, the new edition answers your most frequently asked questions about language use. Should you use a split infinitive, or a preposition at the end of a sentence? Is it infer or imply? Who or whom? What are the main differences between British and American English? Over 4,000 entries offer clear recommendations on issues of grammar, pronunciation, spelling, confusable words, and written style. Real examples are drawn from OUP's vast database of classic and contemporary literary sources, newspapers and magazines, and the Internet. Jeremy Butterfield has judiciously revised the text to reflect the English usage practices and con

Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199666317
Number of pages: 656
Weight: 478 g
Dimensions: 195 x 130 x 38 mm


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This book is useful and, like Hamilton says of the full version, of general interest and even enjoyable. - Ray Ward, Committee Member and Trustee, Queens English Society, London, UK

a fascinating work of reference - Methodist Recorder

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