Usage is the manner in which written and spoken language is used. H. W. Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage defines usage as «points of grammar, syntax, style, and the choice of words». The Oxford Dictionary of English defines usage as «the way in which a word or phrase is normally and correctly used.
Correct English Publishing Co. 1911. — 180 p. A guide for developing successful speakers, the book proposes a pedagogical approach to the prepositions of the English language. Designed for all levels of students for easy comprehension and quick learning, many examples of simple and complex (phrasal) prepositions and prepositional idioms help readers understand and create the...
3rd edition. — John Benjamins Publishing, 2010. — 567 p. — ISBN 9027232601. Speak and write perfect English! BBI teaches you how to combine words with words to form phrases (so you can say mortgaged to the hilt; I want something badly). BBI also teaches you how to combine words into structures to form clauses and sentences (so you can say I want you to go = What I want is for...
3rd edition. — John Benjamins Publishing, 2010. — 567 p. — ISBN: 9027232601. Speak and write perfect English! BBI teaches you how to combine words with words to form phrases (so you can say mortgaged to the hilt; I want something badly). BBI also teaches you how to combine words into structures to form clauses and sentences (so you can say I want you to go = What I want is for...
Adams Media, 2009. — 256 p. — ISBN10: 1598698869, ISBN13: 978-1598698862 This book is a tongue-in-cheek guide to words that any well-educated, witty person should be able to drop into cocktail conversation. The reader is encouraged to toss off words such as disestablishmentarianism, descant, and autodidactic –words that will make the user sound learned, intellectual, and wise....
Adams Media, 2016. - 332 p. - ISBN: 1440591067
The ultimate word book for aspiring intellectuals!
The most compendious collection of words for aspiring scholars, this book helps you hold your own in intellectual discourse. Featuring 2,400 sophisticated, obscure, and obtuse terms, each page provides you with the definitions you need to know to lock academic horns with the...
New York: Broadway Books, 2002. — 256 р. — ISBN: 978-0767910439. As usual Bill Bryson says it best: “English is a dazzlingly idiosyncratic tongue, full of quirks and irregularities that often seem willfully at odds with logic and common sense. This is a language where ‘cleave’ can mean to cut in half or to hold two halves together; where the simple word ‘set’ has 126 different...
2nd Edition. — London: Penguin, 1987 (1984). — 192 p. Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words (ISBN: 0-7679-1043-5) is a book by Bill Bryson, published under several titles since 1984, that catalogues some of the English language's most commonly misused words and phrases in order to demonstrate preferable usage. It helps writers and editors to think about how to make written...
Oxford University Press, 2000. — 1010 p. — 3 edition.
An icon to those who write and think about words, Fowler's has not been updated since 1965. (It was originally published in 1926.) Burchfield, the chief editor of The Oxford English Dictionary and its four-volume supplement, is perhaps the best equipped to tackle this monument. His revision pulls a much-loved and slightly...
4th ed. — Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. — 3258 p. — ISBN 9780199661350, ASIN B07XP9FB78 Why literally shouldn't be taken literally. Why Americans think home in on something is a mistake and Brits think hone in is. Is it OK to spell OK okay? What's wrong with hence why? Was Alanis Morrisette ever ironic? Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage is the world-famous...
4th ed. — Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. — 2132 p. — ISBN 9780199661350, ASIN B07XP9FB78 Why literally shouldn't be taken literally. Why Americans think home in on something is a mistake and Brits think hone in is. Is it OK to spell OK okay? What's wrong with hence why? Was Alanis Morrisette ever ironic? Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage is the world-famous...
London: Oxford University Press, 2016. — 645 p. No book had more influence on twentieth-century writers of English 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 humor, Fowler has stood the...
Routledge, 2016. — 390 p. The first part of the book covers approximately 4000 carefully selected words, focusing on groups of confusable words that sound alike, look alike or are frequently mixed up. The authors help to solve academic dilemmas, such as correct usage of the apostrophe and the crucial difference between infer and imply. Examples of good usage are drawn from...
HarperCollins Publishers, 2011. — 352 p. — ISBN: 978-0-00-746132-5. Collins Easy Learning English Vocabulary is designed for anyone who wants to broaden their knowledge of English words in key everyday situations. Whether you need English at work, at school or university, or for a holiday, Collins Easy Learning English Vocabulary offers you the information you require in a...
HarperCollins Publishers, 2011. — 352 p. — ISBN: 978-0-00-746132-5. Collins Easy Learning English Vocabulary is designed for anyone who wants to broaden their knowledge of English words in key everyday situations. Whether you need English at work, at school or university, or for a holiday, Collins Easy Learning English Vocabulary offers you the information you require in a...
HarperCollins Publishers, 2011. — 352 p. — ISBN: 978-0-00-746132-5. Collins Easy Learning English Vocabulary is designed for anyone who wants to broaden their knowledge of English words in key everyday situations. Whether you need English at work, at school or university, or for a holiday, Collins Easy Learning English Vocabulary offers you the information you require in a...
HarperCollins India, 2011. — 311 p. — ISBN: 978-0007452743. Collins Easy Learning How to Use English is designed to help learners of all ages use individual words correctly, and choose the right words and structures for the meaning they want to convey. With its clear layout and simple explanations, this book is ideal for learners of English who want to improve their English for...
Collins, 2012. — 256 p. — ISBN: 0007363826. Collins Easy Learning How to Use English is designed to help learners of all ages use individual words correctly, and choose the right words and structures for the meaning they want to convey. With its clear layout and simple explanations, this book is ideal for learners of English who want to improve their English for work, study,...
Collins, 2012. — 352 p. — ISBN: 0007450540. Collins Easy Learning English Vocabulary is designed to help learners of all ages build their vocabulary. This easy-to-use, topic-based book is an invaluable resource for students and teachers, and is ideal for use in the classroom and for home study. Collins Easy Learning English Vocabulary is a topic-based vocabulary book, covering...
Random House. New York 1957, by Bergen Evans and Cornelia Evans.
c. - 574
When we speak or write we want to be understood and respected. We want to convey our meaning and we want to do it in a way that will command admiration. To accomplish these ends we must know the meanings of words, their specific meanings and their connotations, implications and overtones, and we must know...
St. Martin's Griffin, 2011. — 144 p. — ISBN: 0312573375 Nearly everyone has trouble remembering the difference between 'affect' and 'effect', whether it's 'supposedly' or 'supposably', or which form of 'hear' you use in 'Hear, hear!' (Or is it 'Here, here!'?). Each word pair entry contains a straightforward explanation - complete with examples - to ensure (or is it 'insure'?)...
St. Martin's Griffin, 2011. — 144 p. — ISBN: 0312573375 Nearly everyone has trouble remembering the difference between 'affect' and 'effect', whether it's 'supposedly' or 'supposably', or which form of 'hear' you use in 'Hear, hear!' (Or is it 'Here, here!'?). Each word pair entry contains a straightforward explanation - complete with examples - to ensure (or is it 'insure'?)...
Oxford University Press, 2009. - 825 р.
No book had more influence on twentieth-century writers of English 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 humor, Fowler has stood the test of...
Second Edition. — Oxford University Press, 1985. — xxii, 725 p. — ISBN 0-19-869115-7; ISBN 0-19-281389-7. Fowler is a household name in all English-speaking countries and for over sixty years Modern English Usage has been the standard work on the correct but natural use of English. Clear guidance on points of grammar, syntax, style and choice of words. Renowned for its authority...
USA: Oxford University Press, 2003. — 928 p.
The first edition of Garner's Modern American Usage established Bryan Garner as "an American equivalent of Fowler" (Library Journal). With more than 23,500 copies sold, this witty, accessible, and engaging book has become the new classic reference work praised by professional copyeditors as well as the general public looking for...
Addison-Wesley Longman, 1991. — 575 p. — ISBN 0-17-556021-8. This is a reference grammar for teachers and learners of English. The material in the book is presented alphabetically in a dictionary-like format. It contains over 600 entries, which are of three kinds: common words which have a grammatical function, such as more, the, what, do, by, can; terms used in talking about...
Penguin Books, 2001. — 512 pp. — ISBN 978-0-1420-00465. As a practical guide to correct grammar and word choice, The Penguin Dictionary of American English Usage and Style makes an excellent addition to the reference shelf of any high school or college student, and those who write professionally will get plenty of use out of it as well. Words are arranged alphabetically, and...
New York: Facts on File, 2009. — 545 p. — ISBN: 978-0-8160-7105-0. Discover the fascinating world of allusions in one in-depth guide. "The Facts on File Dictionary of Allusions" provides a comprehensive guide to allusions in the English language. In approximately 4,000 entries, this new resource explores well-known events, places, people, and phenomena whose names have acquired...
Research Machines, Helicon Publishing, 2005. — 285 pages.
Covers trouble spots you are likely to encounter when using English at work, for study, or at home.
This guide sets out to give clear, straightforward advice on avoiding errors in spoken and written English.
Most people are at some time uncertain or confused about which word to use in a particular context, how to...
Springfield: Merriam-Webster Inc., 1989. — 12; 978 p. — ISBN: 0-87779-032-9. Webster's Dictionary of English Usage is a work of unparalleled authority and scholarship from Merriam-Webster, America's leading dictionary publisher for almost 150 years. Our editors have long been documenting the use of those words that pose special problems of confused or disputed usage. Thus this...
Merriam-Webster, 1989. — 12a, 978 p. — ISBN: 0-87779-032-9. Webster's Dictionary of English Usage is a work of unparalleled authority and scholarship from Merriam-Webster, America's leading dictionary publisher for almost 150 years. Our editors have long been documenting the use of those words that pose special problems of confused or disputed usage. Thus this work brings to...
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