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Author : Henry Watson Fowler
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 760 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book A Dictionary of Modern English Usage written by Henry Watson Fowler and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henry Watson Fowler
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1092 pages
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Author : H. W. Fowler
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191615110
Total Pages : 832 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)
Download or read book A Dictionary of Modern English Usage written by H. W. Fowler and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2010-10-14 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'What grammarians say should be has perhaps less influence on what shall be than even the more modest of them realize ...' No book had more influence on twentieth-century attitudes to the English language in Britain than Henry Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage. It rapidly became the standard work of reference for the correct use of English in terms of choice of words, grammar, and style. Much loved for his firm opinions, passion, and dry humour, Fowler has stood the test of time and is still considered the best arbiter of good practice. In this new edition of the original Dictionary, David Crystal goes beyond the popular mythology surrounding Fowler's reputation to retrace his method and arrive at a fresh evaluation of his place in the history of linguistic thought. With a wealth of entertaining examples he looks at Fowler's stated principles and the tensions between his prescriptive and descriptive temperaments. He shows that the Dictionary does a great more than make normative recommendations and express private opinion. In addition he offers a modern perspective on some 300 entries, in which he shows how English has changed since the 1920s. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Author : Henry Watson Fowler
Publisher : Oxford : Clarendon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780198691150
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)
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Author : H. W. Fowler
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0199535345
Total Pages : 832 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)
Download or read book A Dictionary of Modern English Usage:The Classic First Edition written by H. W. Fowler and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2009-09-10 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No book had more influence on twentieth-century attitudes to the English language in Britain than Henry Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage. It rapidly became the standard work of reference for the correct use of English in terms of choice of words, grammar, and style. Much loved for his firm opinions, passion, and dry humour, Fowler has stood the test of time and is still considered the best arbiter of good practice. Now one of today's leading experts on thelanguage, David Crystal, has reassessed Fowler's contribution in this fascinating new edition.Crystal goes beyond the popular mythology surrounding Fowler's reputation to retrace his method and practice and arrive at a fresh evaluation of his place in the history of linguistic thought. With a wealth of entertaining examples he looks at Fowler's stated principles and the tensions between his prescriptive and descriptive temperaments. He reaches some surprising conclusions and shows that the Dictionary does a great deal more than make normative recommendations and expressprivate opinions. In addition he offers a modern perspective in notes on some 300 entries, in which he shows how English has changed since the 1920s, including the pronunciation of certain words.
Author : Henry Watson Fowler
Publisher : Oxford Quick Reference
ISBN 13 : 0199666318
Total Pages : 657 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)
Download or read book Fowler's Concise Dictionary of Modern English Usage written by Henry Watson Fowler and published by Oxford Quick Reference. This book was released on 2016 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fowler's Concise Dictionary of Modern English Usage is an invaluable quick-reference work, providing clear, practical and up-to-date guidance on questions of grammar, spelling, style, and word choice. Jeremy Butterfield has judiciously revised the text to reflect the English usage practices and concerns of the 21st century.
Author : Bryan A. Garner
Publisher : Univ of Chicago+ORM
ISBN 13 : 022619129X
Total Pages : 680 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (261 download)
Download or read book The Chicago Guide to Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation written by Bryan A. Garner and published by Univ of Chicago+ORM. This book was released on 2016-05-16 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authoritative guide to using the English language effectively, from “the greatest writer on grammar and usage that this country has ever produced” (David Yerkes, Columbia University). The author of The Chicago Manual of Style’s popular “Grammar and Usage” chapter, Bryan A. Garner is renowned for explaining the vagaries of English with absolute precision and utmost clarity. With The Chicago Guide to Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation, he has written the definitive guide for writers who want their prose to be both memorable and correct. Garner describes standard literary English—the forms that mark writers and speakers as educated users of the language. He also offers historical context for understanding the development of these forms. The section on grammar explains how the canonical parts of speech came to be identified, while the section on syntax covers the nuances of sentence patterns as well as both traditional sentence diagramming and transformational grammar. The usage section provides an unprecedented trove of empirical evidence in the form of Google Ngrams, diagrams that illustrate the changing prevalence of specific terms over decades and even centuries of English literature. Garner also treats punctuation and word formation, and concludes the book with an exhaustive glossary of grammatical terms and a bibliography of suggested further reading and references. The Chicago Guide to Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation is a magisterial work, the culmination of Garner’s lifelong study of the English language. The result is a landmark resource that will offer clear guidelines to students, writers, and editors alike. “[A manual] for those of us laboring to produce expository prose: nonfiction books, journalistic articles, memorandums, business letters. The conservatism of his advice pushes you to consider audience and occasion, so that you will understand when to follow convention and when you can safely break it.”—John E. McIntyre, Baltimore Sun
Author : H. W. Fowler
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199696128
Total Pages : 1056 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)
Download or read book The Concise Oxford Dictionary written by H. W. Fowler and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-08-18 with total page 1056 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Facsimile reprint of the 1911 First edition.
Author : Jacqueline Simpson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 019210019X
Total Pages : 997 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (921 download)
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Author : Bryan A. Garner
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195384202
Total Pages : 1023 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)
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Author : Henry Watson Fowler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
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Author : Wolfgang Mieder
Publisher : New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195053990
Total Pages : 1348 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (95 download)
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Author : John A. Simpson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780195218893
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (188 download)
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Author : John H. Haig
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2304 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)
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Author : Henry Watson Fowler
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 742 pages
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Author : Hans Wehr
Publisher : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783447020022
Total Pages : 1326 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)
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Author : David Crystal
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107611806
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (76 download)
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