Garner's Modern American Usage

Name: Garner's Modern American Usage
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ISBN: 9780195382754

ISBN-10: 0195382757

ISBN-13: 9780195382754

Edition: 3rd 2009

Authors: Bryan Garner

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Since first appearing in 1998, Garner's Modern American Usage has established itself as the preeminent guide to the effective use of the English language. Brimming with witty, erudite essays on troublesome words and phrases, GMAU authoritatively shows how to avoid the countless pitfalls that await unwary writers and speakers--whether the issues relate to grammar, punctuation, word choice, or pronunciation. An exciting new feature of this third edition is Garner's "Language-Change Index," which registers where each disputed usage in modern English falls on a five-stage continuum from nonacceptability (to the language community as a whole) to acceptability. So there is a consistent standard…

Book details

List price: $45.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/27/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 960
Size: 7.30" wide x 10.00" long x 2.00" tall
Weight: 4.290
Language: English

Bryan A. Garner is president of LawProse, Inc., and Distinguished Research Professor of Law at Southern Methodist University. The editor-in-chief of Black's Law Dictionary, Garner is the author of several best-selling books, including Garner's Modern American Usage and, with Justice Antonin Scalia, Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts and Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges.