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Author Fowler, H. W. (Henry Watson), 1858-1933.

Title A dictionary of modern English usage / H.W. Fowler ; edited with an introduction and notes by David Crystal
Edition New ed
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xxxi, 784 pages)
Series Oxford world's classics
Oxford world's classics.
Contents Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of H.W. Fowler; A DICTIONARY OF MODERN ENGLISH USAGE; Appendix: Fowler's Pronunciation Preferences; Notes on the Entries
Summary 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 my
Notes Originally published: Oxford : The Clarendon Press, 1926. With new introduction
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Print version record
Subject English language -- Usage -- Dictionaries.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
English language -- Usage
Genre/Form dictionaries.
Dictionaries
Dictionaries.
Dictionnaires.
Form Electronic book
Author Crystal, David, 1941-
ISBN 9780191571190
0191571199
9780199535347
0199535345