Dictionary Of Modern English Usage, A
by Fowler, H.W
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Book: Good/Dj: Fair
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About This Item
London: Oxford University Press, 1954. hardcover. Book: Good/Dj: Fair. 12mo.. 742 pp. 5 1/8 x 7 1/2. Dark blue cloth covered boards, stamped silver on spine. Gray dj. Book has mild overall wear, binding slightly loose at ffep, dj has lightly sunned spine, moderate edgewear, small chips at top and tail of spine, front flap detached
Synopsis
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (1926), by Henry W. Fowler, is a style guide to British English usage, pronunciation, and writing. Ranging from plurals and literary technique to the distinctions among like words (homonyms, synonyms, etc. ), to foreign-term use, it became the standard for most style guides that followed — thus, the 1926 first edition remains in print despite the existence of the 1965 second edition, and the 1996 and 2004 printings of the third edition.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Awning Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 62535
- Title
- Dictionary Of Modern English Usage, A
- Author
- Fowler, H.W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Book: Good
- Jacket Condition
- Dj: Fair
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Size
- 12mo.
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