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Garner's modern American usage
By Garner, Bryan A.
- ISBN
- 978-0-19538-275-4
- Publisher
- Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2009.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2010
Gr 9-Up Garner makes grammar fun, and readers will not only find elucidation but also moments of pure delight while browsing these pages. This edition includes more than 10,500 entries (an increase of approximately 1500 over the 2003 volume). There are preface statements from all three editions as well as new, worthwhile introductory essays: "Making Peace in the Language Wars" and "Ongoing Struggles of Garlic-Hangers" (a consideration of the descriptive vs. proscriptive debate). As always, the entries are not on...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
