| Edition |
3rd ed. |
| Physical description |
lx, 942 pages ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
List of Essay Entries -- Key to the Language-Change Index -- Essay: Making Peace in the Language Wars -- Essay: The Ongoing Struggles of Garlic-Hangers -- Modern American Usage -- Glossary of Grammatical, Rhetorical, and Other Language-Related Terms -- A Timeline of Books on Usage -- Select Index of Writers Quoted or Mentioned. |
| Subject |
English language -- United States -- Usage -- Dictionaries.
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Americanisms -- Dictionaries.
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| Variant Title |
Modern American usage. |
| ISBN |
9780195382754 |
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0195382757 |
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