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Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English (Abusus Non Tollit Usum) (Penguin Reference Books) - Softcover
Provides guidelines for writing standard English and explains usage differences
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Will be appreciated by language lovers, students, and writers. . . . It now reflects the language changes of the '90s, while retaining succinct and witty essays by Partridge on such subjects as ambiguity, euphemisms, jargon, negation, and puns. . . . A gem of linguistic information.
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Eric Partridge (1894-1979) was a New Zealand lexicographer of the English language. He served in the Australian infantry during WWI, during which time he developed an interest in military slang. In 1945, he wrote The Dictionary of RAF Slang after working for the air force, and wrote a total of over forty books about the English language over the course of his lifetime.
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date1973
- ISBN 10 0140510249
- ISBN 13 9780140510249
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages381
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Usage and Abusage
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