A dictionary of modern English usage / H.W. Fowler ; edited with an introduction and notes by David Crystal.

By:

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

Contributor(s):

Crystal, David, 1941-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Oxford world's classicsPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.Edition: New edDescription: 1 online resource (xxxi, 784 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780191571190
0191571199
9780199535347
0199535345

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dictionary of modern English usage.DDC classification:

428 22

LOC classification:

PE1628 .F65 2009eb

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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.

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Originally published: Oxford : The Clarendon Press, 1926. With new introd.

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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.

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.

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