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Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage (4th edition)
Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage (4th edition)
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  • Expert advice on thousands of issues of grammar, style, spelling, punctuation, and vocabulary
  • Major new edition of Fowler's indispensable dictionary, the most trusted and respected English usage guide
  • Completely revised and updated to reflect current English and concerns about usage
  • Contains detailed explanations and clear recommendations to help readers make informed choices
  • Thousands of example sentences illustrate the issues discussed
  • Draws on Oxford's unrivalled dictionary research and language monitoring

New to this Edition:

  • Major new edition of Fowler's indispensable dictionary, the most trusted and respected English usage guide
  • Completely revised and updated to reflect usage in the twenty-first century
  • Draws on gigantic and unique database of modern, international English, the Oxford English Corpus
  • Many new entries, including ageismangstyat this moment in timeblogbullet pointschallengingdominatrixdouble whammy, and many more

 
Why literally shouldn't be taken literally.
Why Americans think home in on something is a mistake and Brits think hone in is.
Is it OK to spell OK okay?
What's wrong with hence why?
Was Alanis Morrisette ever ironic?
 
Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage is the world-famous guide to English usage, loved and used by writers, editors, and anyone who values correct English since it first appeared in 1926. Fowler's gives comprehensive and practical advice on complex points of grammar, syntax, punctuation, style, and word choice. 
Now enlarged and completely revised to reflect English usage in the 21st century, it provides a crystal-clear, authoritative picture of the English we use, while illuminating scores of usage questions old and new.
 
International in scope, it gives in-depth coverage of both British and American English usage issues, with reference also to the English of Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, and South Africa. The thousands of authentic examples in the book vividly demonstrate how modern writers tackls debated usage issues. They come on the one hand from established literary figures such as Chinua Achebe, Peter Ackroyd, Raymond Carver, Iris Murdoch, Harold Pinter, and Vikram Seth. On the other, they are drawn from a vast range of newspapers, journals, books, broadcast material, websites, and other digital sources from across the globe, and include references to topical personalities such as Stephen Fry, Prince Harry, Jeremy Paxman, and Wayne Rooney.
 
Based on the evidence and research of the Oxford Dictionaries Programme, this is the most comprehensive and authoritative guide to usage available.

Index: 

Preface to the Fourth Edition
Acknowledgements
Dedication, 1926
Key to the Pronunciation
Abbreviations and Symbols
Bibliographical Abbreviations
A to Z

About the author: 

Edited by Jeremy Butterfield
 

Jeremy Butterfield is an OUP author, language expert, writer, and lexicographer. For many years he worked in senior editorial positions in Collins Dictionaries. He is the author of the popular book on the English language, Damp Squid: The English Language Laid Bare (2009), as well as the Oxford A-Z of English Usage (2013).

Robert Burchfield (1923-2004) was born in Wangannui, New Zealand. He edited the third and the revised third edition of Fowler's Modern English Usage. His distinguished lexicographical career included a number of key publications: The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology (1966, with C. T. Onions and G. W. S. Friedrichsen) and The English Language (1985).

Henry Watson Fowler (1858-1933) worked as a teacher and freelance writer before going to Guernsey to form a remarkably successful writing partnership with his brother Francis. Most notably, the Fowler brothers wrote The King's English, and compiled the first edition of the Concise Oxford Dictionary (1911). Henry Fowler finished the Pocket Oxford Dictionary in 1924, and Modern English Usage, which made him a household name, in 1926.

"Jeremy Butterfield has given us easily the best edition of this beloved work since H. W. Fowler's original. For anyone who cares about the English language, this book will provide helpful guidance and fascinating distraction in equal measure." - Times Literary Supplement, Benjamin George Friedman

"The book is impressively up to date, with entries on internet-related neologisms: hash-tag is here and selfie, and the verb to google (which Butterfield does not object to, insisting only that is should be capitalized) ... easily the best edition of this beloved work since H.W Fowler's original. For anyone who cares about the English language, this book will provide helpful guidance and fascinating distraction in equal measure." - Benjamin George Friedman, The Times Literary Supplement

"Butterfield's passion for discussing language is evident throughout ... This edition is rich in examples of language in use and discussion of debates about appropriate usage." - Lisa Pettifer, Babel: The Language Magazine

"here is another fascinating tome that will be in constant use by yours truly" - Suffolk & Norfolk Life

"Butterfield has created a guide that is readable for entertainment as well as enlightenment." - World Wide Words, Michael Quinion

"I must congratulate Jeremy Butterfield, editor of the latest edition of Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage. To wordsmiths such as myself, Fowler's is akin to the Koran or the Bible." - The Herald, Alan Taylor

Product details

ISBN : 9780199661350

Author: 
Jeremy Butterfield
Pages
928 Pages
Format
Hardcover
Size
142 x 223 mm
Pub date
Mar 2015
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Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage (4th edition)

Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage (4th edition)

Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage (4th edition)