Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English (Abusus Non Tollit Usum) (Penguin Reference Books)

Eric Partridge

ISBN 10: 0140510249 / ISBN 13: 9780140510249

Published by Penguin 31/05/1973, 1973

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Title: Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English (...

Publisher: Penguin 31/05/1973

Publication Date: 1973

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis:

Provides guidelines for writing standard English and explains usage differences

About the Author:

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.