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Garner’s Modern American Usage

Dave Wilton, Friday, January 05, 2007

Garner, Bryan A. Garner’s Modern American Usage. Third ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.

One of the better prescriptivist books I’ve come across. Sensible, non-pedantic advice spiked with a bit of humor.

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