Usage and Abusage: A Modern Guide to Good English (Wordsworth Reference)
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Language: English
Published by Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1995
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- Title
- Usage and Abusage: A Modern Guide to Good English (Wordsworth Reference)
- Author
- Partridge, Eric
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Publication year
- 1995
- Condition
- Used; Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 185326346X
- ISBN 13
- 9781853263460
- Item weight
- 159 grams
This work examines the best and worst uses of English in order to help speakers, writers and thinkers express themselves more clearly. It looks at archism, echoism, obscurity and tautology, and should be useful as reference book.
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