Usage and Abusage is a classic that has stood up well to the passage of time. But language does evolve over the years, and new problems (such as the use of hopefully) and current topics (such as sexism) have engendered a whole new vocabulary, which cannot be omitted from any book discussing the English of the 1990s. In this new edition, Janet Whitcut has revised Partridge's popular reference book to reflect the language of well-informed writers, readers, and speakers today. In addition, she has added a section to the book ...
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Usage and Abusage is a classic that has stood up well to the passage of time. But language does evolve over the years, and new problems (such as the use of hopefully) and current topics (such as sexism) have engendered a whole new vocabulary, which cannot be omitted from any book discussing the English of the 1990s. In this new edition, Janet Whitcut has revised Partridge's popular reference book to reflect the language of well-informed writers, readers, and speakers today. In addition, she has added a section to the book entitled Vogue Words, which includes words such as crash symbiotic, and viable that have acquired a power and an influence beyond those that they originally possessed. Usage and Abusage wittily attacks linguistic abusage of all kinds and offers constructive advice on the proper use of English.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First US edition in dustjacket. Ocean blue cloth covered spine with gold lettering. Teal paper covered boards. Previous owner's name written in ink upon ffep, [390 pages]
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book Not ex-lib. Hardcover with light blue paper over boards and blue quarter-cloth, in white, blue and green jacket, 8vo. 1st edition of New Edition (1995). 389pp. Fine/NF to Fine. Jacket has mild softness and shallow crease to upper spine end; mild clouding to rear panel over binding edge. Book and jacket are otherwise as new: clean, tight, square and unmarked. Very bright jacket in Brodart.
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