Pocket Fowler's Modern English Usage - Hardcover

Fowler, H. W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198662378 ISBN 13: 9780198662372

Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr, 1999

Synopsis

Based primarily on the renowned and best-selling Burchfield's The New Fowler's Modern English Usage 3/e, this Pocket edition gives clear, concise, and authoritative guidance on grammar, usage, syntax, and style for the English language. With a reduction in the number of entries from the
parent work, Robert Allen has been able to take the key elements and definitive judgements, and rewrite entries to present the arguments and recommendations in a more accessible form to allow quicker consultation. There are about 150 completely new topics, including American English, new words, and
gender-neutrality, and with numerous panel and tabular entries data is presented with greater clarity and in an easily digestible form. A total of over 4,200 entries provide comprehensive and authoritative advice on correct English and cover the differing views held on contentious issues. Subjects
covered include political correctness, computer terminology, and foreign words and phrases.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Allen was a Senior Editor on the OED until 1982, and Editor of the Concise Oxford Dictionary until 1990. He now works as a freelance writer and editor.

Review:

'Britain's most authoritative guide to English' Robin Young, The Times, 28.10.99

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0198662378
• ISBN 13: 9780198662372
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 634
• Editor: Allen Robert E.