@article{21310, note = {Previous edition: published as Fowler's modern English usage.}, author = {Fowler, H. W. and Fowler, Henry Watson. and Burchfield, Robert W.}, url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/21310}, title = {The new Fowler's modern English usage /}, abstract = {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.}, recid = {21310}, pages = {xxiii, 864 pages ;}, }