A Dictionary of Modern English Usage: The Classic First Edition (Oxford World's Classics)

Fowler, H. W.

ISBN 10: 019958589X / ISBN 13: 9780199585892

Published by Oxford University Press, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Dictionary of Modern English Usage: The Classic First Edition (Oxford World's Classics)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019958589X
• ISBN 13: 9780199585892
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

The original long-out-of-print first edition of this beloved work, enhanced with a new introduction by one of today's leading experts on the language, David Crystal

About the Author

David Crystal is the author of many books on language in general and the English language in particular, such as The Stories of English (2004), The Fight for English (2006), and Think on My Words: Exploring Shakespeare's Language (2008). His previous lexicographical work includes A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics (6th edn., 2008), and Johnson's Dictionary: an Anthology (2005). His autobiography, Just a Phrase I'm Going Through: My Life in Language was published in 2009 (Routledge).