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Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English Paperback - 1997

by Eric Partridge; Janet Whitcut (Editor); Foreword by Janet Whitcut

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An updated edition of a useful, entertaining guide to picking the right words (and avoiding the wrong ones). Janet Whitcut has revised Eric Partridge's popular reference to reflect the language of well-informed writers, readers, and speakers today. The book also includes a section of "vogue words", those that have acquired a new power and influence. An indispensable reference.

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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 clichs, 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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  • Title Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English
  • Author Eric Partridge; Janet Whitcut (Editor); Foreword by Janet Whitcut
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Revised edition
  • Pages 400
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, US
  • Publication date 1997-12-01
  • ISBN 9780393317091 / 0393317099
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.17 x 5.48 x 0.97 in (20.75 x 13.92 x 2.46 cm)
  • Category Reference
  • Library of Congress subjects English language - Usage, English language - Grammar
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 00000000
  • Dewey Decimal Code 428

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