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The latest edition covers non-American English too, so it's now "Garner's Modern English Usage". I first learned of this book from David Foster Wallace's review
by mrob 8y ago
The latest edition covers non-American English too, so it's now "Garner's Modern English Usage". I first learned of this book from David Foster Wallace's review of the first edition in Harper's Magazine:
https://www.webcitation.org/6FU8Zx2N0?url=http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/DFW_present_tense.html https://www.webcitation.org/6FU8Zx2N0?url=http://instruct.we...
I agree it is excellent, and Wallace's review is also worth reading.
- everybodyknows 8y agoWallace mentions American Heritage, as strictest of the prescriptivists. Highly usable online version: https://ahdictionary.com/ https://ahdictionary.com/