Fowler's Modern English Usage
By R. W. Burchfield
This invaluable reference work offers the best advice on English usage, drawing on the unrivalled resources of Oxford's English Dictionaries programme and language monitoring. Updated with the use of the Oxford English Corpus, a database of over two billion words of 21st century English, the new edition answers your most frequently asked questions about language use. Over 4,000 entries offer clear recommendations on issues of grammar, pronunciation, spelling, confusable words, and written style. Real examples are drawn from literary sources, newspapers and magazines, and the Internet.
- ISBN:
- 9780198610212
- Format:
- Hardback
- Pages:
- 896
- Published:
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Imprint:
- Oxford University Press
- Weight:
- 1180 g