A Dictionary Of Modern English Usage
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Few reference works have achieved the status of a cultural institution, yet H.W. Fowler's A Dictionary of Modern English Usage stands as exactly that — an authoritative, witty, and remarkably readable guide to the English language that has shaped the prose of writers, editors, and scholars for over a century. First published in 1926 and revised in this Second Edition by Sir Ernest Gowers, the work presents a comprehensive and opinionated survey of English grammar, style, syntax, punctuation, and word choice, tackling everything from the correct use of the subjunctive to the perils of verbosity with equal measures of rigour and dry humour. Fowler's approach is anything but dry academic cataloguing; his entries read as miniature essays, arguing passionately for clarity, precision, and elegance in written English while skewering the pompous, the vague, and the grammatically careless. This Second Edition, revised by the equally distinguished Sir Ernest Gowers — himself the author of Plain Words — carefully updates Fowler's original text to reflect mid-twentieth-century usage without sacrificing the original's characteristic voice and intellectual sharpness. A cornerstone of the English-language canon and an indispensable companion for any serious writer, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage rewards its reader not merely with correct answers, but with a profound appreciation for why language matters.
Author: H.W. Fowler
Format: Hardback
Genre: Dictionaries
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Few reference works have achieved the status of a cultural institution, yet H.W. Fowler's A Dictionary of Modern English Usage stands as exactly that — an authoritative, witty, and remarkably readable guide to the English language that has shaped the prose of writers, editors, and scholars for over a century. First published in 1926 and revised in this Second Edition by Sir Ernest Gowers, the work presents a comprehensive and opinionated survey of English grammar, style, syntax, punctuation, and word choice, tackling everything from the correct use of the subjunctive to the perils of verbosity with equal measures of rigour and dry humour. Fowler's approach is anything but dry academic cataloguing; his entries read as miniature essays, arguing passionately for clarity, precision, and elegance in written English while skewering the pompous, the vague, and the grammatically careless. This Second Edition, revised by the equally distinguished Sir Ernest Gowers — himself the author of Plain Words — carefully updates Fowler's original text to reflect mid-twentieth-century usage without sacrificing the original's characteristic voice and intellectual sharpness. A cornerstone of the English-language canon and an indispensable companion for any serious writer, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage rewards its reader not merely with correct answers, but with a profound appreciation for why language matters.