Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage Fourth Edition

Expert advice on thousands of issues of grammar, style, spelling, punctuation, and vocabulary •Major new edition of Fowler's indispensable dictionary, the most trusted and respected English usage guide •Completely revised and updated to reflect current English and concerns about usage •Contains detailed explanations and clear recommendations to help readers make informed choices •Thousands of example sentences illustrate the issues discussed •Draws on Oxford's unrivalled dictionary research and language monitoring New to this edition •Major new edition of Fowler's indispensable dictionary, the most trusted and respected English usage guide •Completely revised and updated to reflect usage in the twenty-first century •Draws on gigantic and unique database of modern, international English, the Oxford English Corpus •Many new entries, including ageism, angsty, at this moment in time, blog, bullet points, challenging, dominatrix, double whammy, and many more