Usage and Abusage : A Guide to Good English

Partridge, Eric

9780140514421

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Publication Date: 1999

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Detailing linguistic abuse of all kinds, this guide explores a range of grammatical pitfalls and solecisms and offers constructive advice on the proper use of English. Newly updated, it covers recent neologisms and change of usage.


 

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