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Explains the correct use of words that pose special problems of confused or disputed language.
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This thoroughly researched reference will greatly improve your writing, and free you from arbitrary restrictive rules that make your writing seem stilted and artificial. Every recommendation is supported by a careful analysis of numerous examples of actual writing. It exposes the myths of English usage, and does away with made-up rules that no one follows except high-school English teachers.
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A distinguishing feature is the intelligent, restrained wit of the entries. The thoroughness of the citations is exemplary. Where else can one read almost two full pages on the phrase 'as to' and really enjoy it?
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The book is clear, readable, thorough, common-sensical, and not snooty. It's better than Fowler's "Modern English Usage," the first two editions and Burchfield's, because it doesn't try to be a dictionary, a guide to writing, and a guide to word usage: You can't get there from here. Mr. Gilman, the editor, wisely (and with a restrained wit) limits the book to advice on word usage. (F.E. Keyes, Jr./Senior Editor, BDM International--Arizona)
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a speciously reasoned defense of bad usage
Whatever advice you find here that is different from advice you might find in a conventional grammar book is advice you should not follow--if you want to appear reasonably... Read more
Published on 29 Mar 1999
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a spuriously reasoned defense of bad usage
Whatever advice you find here that is different from advice you might find in a conventional grammar book is advice you should not follow--if you want to appear reasonably... Read more
Published on 27 Mar 1999
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