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050 00 $aPE1460$b.F59 1998
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100 1 $aFollett, Wilson,$d1887-1963.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80152815
245 10 $aModern American usage :$ba guide /$cWilson Follett ; revised by Erik Wensberg.
250 $a1st rev. ed.
260 $aNew York :$bHill and Wang,$c1998.
300 $axviii, 362 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aincludes bibliographical references (p. [361]-362).
520 $aNow fully revised and brought up-to-date, this one-volume course in good writing brims with helpful answers - large and small - for readers who want to use English clearly, naturally, and correctly.
520 8 $aAlphabetical for easy consulting (and full of cross-references), the book carries the reader to the entry that explains a troublesome word or phrase - and shows how to use or avoid it; no time lost in wondering whether the problem is one of grammar, syntax, or style. Every page offers natural ways to avoid saying or writing the vague, the long-winded, the needlessly technical, and the hopelessly stale.
650 0 $aEnglish language$zUnited States$xUsage.
650 0 $aAmericanisms$vDictionaries.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007101084
700 1 $aWensberg, Erik,$d1931-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98036485
852 00 $boff,glx$hPE1460$i.F59 1998