Klik på en miniature for at gå til Google Books
Indlæser... Modern American Usage: A Guide (original 1966; udgave 1998)af Wilson Follett (Forfatter)
Work InformationModern American Usage: A Guide af Wilson Follett (1966)
Ingen Indlæser...
Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. The classic American answer to Fowler, first published in 1966 (three years after Follett died: the manuscript was completed by Barzun) and updated and revised in 1998. Like Fowler's, this book focuses on the usage of individual words, arranged in alphabetical order, but also discusses broader topics. Very helpful as a reference, and delightful browsing. It is fiercely prescriptive in tone, but then that is what a usage guide is supposed to be. ( ) ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
A classic since its first edition in 1966,Modern American Usage has been called a book that "every literate American ought to read." Now 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. Alphabetical 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. Every page offers natural ways to avoid saying or writing the vague, the long-winded, the needlessly technical, and the hopelessly stale. With verve and eloquence, Erik Wensberg spears the empty words that clog clear thought--"impact," "frustrated," "basically," and many more--and offers us good English wordsthat are definite and have more life. Offering standards by which to judge language now and in the future, Modern American Usage takes account of a generation of changes in American idiom and of attempts to reform the use of pronouns, titles, and phrases to fit shifting ideals of social justice. All this it does with easy learning and with sympathy alike for the experienced writer and for those who come new to American English. No library descriptions found. |
Current DiscussionsIngenPopulære omslag
Google Books — Indlæser... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)423.1Language English Dictionaries of standard English Speller-dividers--English languageLC-klassificeringVurderingGennemsnit:
Er det dig?Bliv LibraryThing-forfatter. |