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100	1		_aGarner, Bryan A, _e1
245	1	0	_aGarner's modern American usage /Bryan A. Garner.
260			_aOxford ; _aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c(c)2003.
300			_axlv, 879 pages ; _c25 cm.
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500			_aRev. edition of: A dictionary of modern American usage. 1998.
504			_a1 (pages 877-879).
505	0	0	_aPreface to second edition -- _tPreface to first edition -- _tAcknowledgments -- _tList of essay entries -- _tList of abbreviations -- _tPronunciation guide -- _tIntroductory essay: Making peace in the language wars -- _tModern American usage -- _tSelect glossary -- _tTimeline of books on usage -- _tSelect bibliography.
520	0		_aThe first edition of Garner's Modern American Usage established Bryan Garner as "an American equivalent of Fowler" (Library Journal). With more than 23,500 copies sold, this witty, accessible, and engaging book has become the new classic reference work praised by professional copyeditors as well as the general public looking for clear advice on how to write more effectively. In 1999, Choice magazine named it an Outstanding Academic Book and the American Library Association dubbed it an Outstanding Reference Source. With thousands of succinct entries, longer essays on key issues and problematic areas, and up-to-the-minute judgments on everything from trendy words to the debate over personal pronouns, GMAU is approachable yet authoritative. Since the book first appeared in 1998, Bryan Garner has diligently continued tracking how we use our language. The second edition includes hundreds of new entries ranging from Dubya to weaponize (coined in 1984 but used extensively since 9/11) to foot-and-mouth, plethora (a "highfalutin equivalent of too many"), Slang, Standard English, and Dialects. It also updates hundreds of existing entries. Meanwhile, Garner has written a major essay on the great grammar debate between descriptivists and prescriptivists. Painstakingly researched with copious citations from books and newspapers and newsmagazines, this new edition furthers Garner's mission to help everyone become a better writer, and to enjoy it in the process.
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650		0	_aAmericanisms _vDictionaries.
650		0	_aEnglish language _zUnited States _xUsage _vDictionaries.
700	1		_aGarner, Bryan A.
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