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The new Fowler's modern English usage / first edited by H.W. Fowler.
1996
A 4(111) BUR.N 1996
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Title
The new Fowler's modern English usage / first edited by H.W. Fowler.
Author
Fowler, H. W. (Henry Watson), 1858-1933, author.
Fowler, Henry Watson.
Burchfield, Robert W. (Robert William), 1923-
Fowler, Henry Watson.
Burchfield, Robert W. (Robert William), 1923-
Edition
Third edition. / edited by R.W. Burchfield.
Description
xxiii, 864 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN
0198691262 acid-free paper
9780198691266 acid-free paper
9780198691266 acid-free paper
Alternate Call Number
A 4(111) BUR.N 1996
Summary
This new standard language reference provides: comprehensive advice on correct English, practical help with grammar, syntax, style and choice of words; clear guidance on usage points, with many new insights into how English is used today; broad coverage of British and American English, together with aspects of the English of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa; usage points are illustrated using examples from an international selection of newspapers, journals and periodicals; all main points of grammar are discussed under their traditional names, treatment of the issues of political correctness, the influence of feminism on English, split infinitives, unattached participles and other ways of English usage. Abbreviations and symbols.
Note
Previous edition: published as Fowler's modern English usage.
Untertitel auf Umschlag: The acknowledged authority on English usage.
2. Aufl. ersch. 1965 u.d.T.: A dictionary of modern English usage.
1. ed. published as: A dictionary of modern English usage / H.W. Fowler. 1965.
"Corrected reprint 1997"--Title page verso.
Previous ed.: published as Fowler's dictionary of modern English usage.
Untertitel auf Umschlag: The acknowledged authority on English usage.
2. Aufl. ersch. 1965 u.d.T.: A dictionary of modern English usage.
1. ed. published as: A dictionary of modern English usage / H.W. Fowler. 1965.
"Corrected reprint 1997"--Title page verso.
Previous ed.: published as Fowler's dictionary of modern English usage.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes lists of abbreviations and symbols, and bibliographiclal abbreviaions.
Formatted Contents Note
This new standard language reference provides: comprehensive advice on correct English, practical help with grammar, syntax, style and choice of words; clear guidance on usage points, with many new insights into how English is used today; broad coverage of British and American English, together with aspects of the English of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa; usage points are illustrated using examples from an international selection of newspapers, journals and periodicals; all main points of grammar are discussed under their traditional names, treatment of the issues of political correctness, the influence of feminism on English, split infinitives, unattached participles and other ways of English usage. Abbreviations and symbols.
Series
Published
Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1996.
Language
Turkish
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