Garner's Modern English Usage

Garner's Modern English Usage

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Bryan A. Garner
Bryan A. Garner
1998 • 1,306 pages

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Garner's Modern English Usage is one of the most influential style guides ever written for the English language. With more than a thousand new entries, 200 replacement entries, and thoroughly updated usage data, this fifth edition is fully abreast of the times and further establishes the author as the authority on effective writing.

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