Garner's Modern English Usage (GMEU), written by Bryan A. Garner and published by Oxford University Press, is a usage dictionary and style guide (or "prescriptive...
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A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (1926), by H. W. Fowler (1858–1933), is a style guide to British English usage and writing. It covers a wide range...
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English usage and style such as Garner's Modern English Usage for a general audience, and others for legal professionals. Garner also wrote two books with Justice...
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2007-02-13. Retrieved 2010-03-20. Bryan A. Garner (28 July 2009). "Hopefully". Garner's Modern American Usage (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 427–28...
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Positive anymore (category English words)
Northern Ireland. Regarding prescriptive recommendations on usage, Garner's Modern English Usage echoes the typical prescription that it not be used in writing...
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and usage. Usage manuals such as Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage or Garner's Modern English Usage often prescribe appropriate usage of synonyms...
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Linguistic prescription (redirect from English usage)
International Dictionary (1961) and the third edition Garner's Modern English Usage (2009) in English, or the Nouveau Petit Robert (1993) in French. A partially...
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Conjunction (grammar) (category English usage controversies)
Garner, Bryan A. (2016). Garner's Modern English Usage. Oxford University Press. p. 979. ISBN 978-0-19-049148-2. Garner, Bryan A. (2016). Garner's Modern...
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York: Harper. pp. 379. ISBN 978-0-06-018723-1. Garner, Bryan A. (2016). Garner's Modern English Usage. Oxford University Press. pp. 900–902. ISBN 978-0-19-049148-2...
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(recommended), also 4 PM or 4 P.M. (with PM in small capitals); Garner's Modern English Usage: 4 p.m. or 4 PM (with PM in small capitals); The Gregg Reference...
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and Historical. Vol. II. Clarendon Press. p. 75. Garner, Bryan A. (2016). Garner's Modern English Usage (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 713. ISBN 978-0-19-049148-2...
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This list comprises widespread modern beliefs about English language usage that are documented by a reliable source to be misconceptions. With no authoritative...
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Singular they (redirect from Gender-neutral third person singular pronoun in English)
Garner, Bryan A. (2003). Garner's Modern American Usage. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-516191-5. Garner, Bryan A. (2016). Garner's Modern English...
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more consistent and appropriate point of view?" Bryan A. Garner, in Garner's Modern English Usage, stresses the advantages of the active voice, but gives...
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Style guide (redirect from Usage guide)
guides Citation § Styles Graphic charter Diction Documentation Disputed usage English writing style Prescription and description Sentence spacing in language...
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Skunked term (section Examples in English)
lexicographer Bryan A. Garner in Garner's Modern American Usage and has since been adopted by some other style guides. Garner recommends avoiding such...
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A. Garner in Garner's Modern English Usage, that "eg" and "ie" style versus "e.g." and "i.e." style are two poles of British versus American usage are...
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The Elements of Style (category Style guides for American English)
nature, or that it has become a general anachronism in the face of modern English usage. In criticizing The Elements of Style, Geoffrey Pullum, professor...
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Comma splice (category English grammar)
It". Grammarly. 2016-09-26. Retrieved 2020-12-10. Garner, Bryan A. (2016). Garner's Modern English Usage. Oxford University Press. p. 803. ISBN 9780190491482...
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varieties under study. A Dictionary of Modern English Usage by Fowler List of English words with disputed usage CUP catalogue entry (contains reviews as...
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Language-for-specific-purposes dictionary (redirect from Usage dictionary)
comprehensive; two major ones are Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage and Garner's Modern English Usage. Language for specific purposes Nielsen (1994)....
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List of Latin phrases (full) (category Articles containing explicitly cited English-language text)
A. Garner in Garner's Modern English Usage, that "eg" and "ie" style versus "e.g." and "i.e." style are two poles of British versus American usage are...
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Dictionary of Modern English Usage The Cambridge Guide to English Usage Garner's Modern American Usage List of English words with disputed usage "In praise...
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Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191062308. Garner, Bryan (11 March 2016). Garner's Modern English Usage. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190491505...
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AP Stylebook (category Style guides for American English)
Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law, is a style and usage guide for American English grammar created by American journalists working for or connected...
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particularly with regards to marginalized communities Garner's Modern American Usage, by Bryan A. Garner The Elements of Style, by William Strunk, Jr. and...
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The Chicago Manual of Style (category Style guides for American English)
topic, and coinciding with the release of the new edition of Garner's Modern American Usage. The 17th edition was published in September 2017. It offers...
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1995:606–607 Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (11th ed.) Garner's Modern English Usage, 4th ed. 2016 Oxford University Press. "Lagerstroemia indica...
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You (category Articles containing explicitly cited Early Modern English-language text)
Psychology. 44 (6): 636–642. doi:10.1002/ejsp.2048. Garner, Bryan A. (2016). Garner's Modern English Usage. Oxford University Press. p. 651. ISBN 978-0-19-049148-2...
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Longmans, Green. Retrieved 2025-02-19. Garner, Bryan A. (2022). "mesalliance; misalliance". Garner's Modern English Usage. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780197599051...
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