Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good EnglishW. W. Norton & Company, 1997 - 400 pagine Which is preferred - nom de plume, pseudonym, or pen name? What are neologisms, disguised conjunctions, and fused participles? Language enters into almost every part of human life and yet it is all too often misused: directness and clarity disappear in a whirl of clichés, euphemisms, and wooliness of expression. Janet Whitcut has revised Eric Partridge's popular reference book to reflect the language of well-informed writers, readers, and speakers today. She has also added a section to the book entitled "Vogue Words," which includes words that have acquired a new power and influence. |
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Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English Eric Partridge,William Cabell Greet Anteprima non disponibile - 1942 |
Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English : Abusus Non Tollit Usum Eric Partridge Anteprima non disponibile - 1995 |
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adjective adverb Alan Herbert ambiguity American English American usage applied archaic archaism avoided become better Britain British C. S. Forester C. T. Onions catachrestic clause colloquial comma common COMPARATIVES confused connotes contexts correct dialect Dictionary error especially example expression false favourable formal former French genitive grammar H. W. Fowler hence I. A. Richards idea idiom idiomatic implies incorrect jargon Jespersen John kind language latter less literary logical means ment merely metaphor misused modern nature NEGATION negative never obsolescent obsolete officialese one's Onions onymous past participle perhaps person phrase plural poetic précis preferred preposition preterite pronoun pronunciation prose Rhetoric sense sentence separate entry singular slang sometimes speak speech spelling Standard English Stuart Chase style subjunctive synonym Syntax tautology technical tense term things tion tive usual verb VOGUE WORDS Webster's Weseen whereas writing