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The New Fowler's Modern English UsageISBN 0198602634 (0-19-860263-4)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The New Fowler's Modern English Usage'Book summary:For generations, lovers of the English language have turned to trusty copies of Fowler's to settle nagging grammatical questions, or, for true hard-core language junkies, for the sheer fun of reading H. W. Fowler's classic outrage contained in entries on "Hackneyed Phrases" or "Pedantic-Humour Words."
The New Fowler's Modern English Usage, the first revision in more than 30 years, has not arrived without controversy. Some language (and Fowler) purists complain that the book is too liberal at times, noting that usage is common as opposed to correct. Those points are debatable, and, indeed, they're what makes the book's nearly 900 pages so interesting to peruse. The currency of the new Fowler's extends to, in the entry on "Vogue Words," such novelties as "couch potato," "flavour of the month," "on a roll," and the notorious "parameter." [via]
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The Spoken Wordby Robert BurchfieldISBN 0195203801 (0-19-520380-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Studies in Lexicographyby Robert BurchfieldISBN 0198119453 (0-19-811945-3)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Unlocking the English Languageby Robert BurchfieldISBN 0374523398 (0-374-52339-8)
Softcover, Noonday Pr
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