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Usage and Abusage : How to Pick the Right Words and Avoid the Wrong Ones in Speech and Writing

Usage and Abusage : How to Pick the Right Words and Avoid the Wrong Ones in Speech and Writing

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Usage and Abusage : How to Pick the Right Words and Avoid the Wrong Ones in Speech and Writing Hardback - 1995

by Partridge, Eric

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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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