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Genre/Form: | Dictionary dictionaries Dictionaries Dictionnaires |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Roy H Copperud |
ISBN: | 0442216300 9780442216306 |
OCLC Number: | 301469632 |
Notes: | This book revises, brings up to date, and consolidates the author s two earlier ones a dictionary of usage and style and american usage. Bibliography P. 433. Includes index. |
Description: | vi, 433 pages ; 24 cm |
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The best American usage book ever
In 433 pages Coppeud collects the opinions of usage experts in a dozen standard works and provides judicious analysis of their major recommendations, documenting where they agree and where they differ in their views, along with his own ideas. It's a great restorative for those who hate being browbeaten...
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In 433 pages Coppeud collects the opinions of usage experts in a dozen standard works and provides judicious analysis of their major recommendations, documenting where they agree and where they differ in their views, along with his own ideas. It's a great restorative for those who hate being browbeaten by grammar fascists. Pity it's not still in print and being continually revised.
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