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050	0	0	_aREF PE1628 _b.F65 2009
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100	1		_aFowler, H. W. _q(Henry Watson), _d1858-1933.
245	1	2	_aA dictionary of modern English usage / _cH.W. Fowler ; edited with an introduction and notes by David Crystal.
250			_aNew ed.
260			_aOxford ; _aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c2009.
300			_axxxi, 784 p. ; _c21 cm.
500			_aOriginally published: Oxford : The Clarendon Press, 1926. With new introd.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520	1		_a"No book had more influence on twentieth century attitudes to the English language in Britain than Henry Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage. It rapidly became the standard work of reference for the correct use of English in terms of choice of words, grammar, and style. Much loved for his firm opinions, passion, and dry humour, Fowler has stood the test of time and is still considered the best arbiter of good practice. One of today's leading experts on the language, David Crystal, has now reassessed Fowler's contribution in this new edition." "Crystal goes beyond the popular mythology surrounding Fowler's reputation to retrace his method and practice and arrive at a fresh evaluation of his place in the history of linguistic thought. With a wealth of entertaining examples he looks at Fowler's stated principles and the tensions between his prescriptive and descriptive temperaments. He reaches some surprising conclusions and shows that the Dictionary does a great deal more than make normative recommendations and express private opinions. In addition he offers a modern perspective in notes on some 300 entries, in which he shows how English has changed since the 1920s."--BOOK JACKET.
650		0	_aEnglish language _xUsage _vDictionaries.
700	1		_aCrystal, David, _d1941-
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