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Usage and Abusage
A Guide to Good English
by Eric Partridge
ISBN: 0393037614
ISBN-13: 9780393037616
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
In this new edition, the author has revised Partridge's popular reference book to reflect the language of well-informed writers, readers, and speakers of today. She has also added a section to the book entitled "Vogue Words," which includes words that have acquired a new power and influence.
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"Entertaining and informative."
-- Library Journal
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Published date: 1995
Size: 5.75 x 8.75 inches
Weight: 1.35 pounds
Publisher's Notes
An updated edition of a useful, entertaining guide to picking the right words (and avoiding the wrong ones).
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Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English
Eric Partridge
W. W. Norton & Company. Used - Acceptable. Binding is slightly damaged and/or book has some loose pages. No missing pages. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Support Literacy! Your purchase benefits the National Center for Family Literacy! ( more information) Offered by Better World Books (United States)
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USAGE AND ABUSAGE A Guide to Good English
Partridge, Eric
W. W. Norton & Company. Very Good in Very Good DJ. 1995. Hardcover. Very good cond book and DJ - some shelf wear, no highlighting, pages clean and crisp, DJ has light shelf wear ; 1.38 x 8.56 x 5.77 Inches . ( more information) Offered by The Cracked Book, LLC (United States)
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Usage and Abusage a Guide to Good English
Eric Partridge
N.Y., N.Y.: W.W. Norton & Company, 1995 Hardcover with the original dust jacket, privately owned, no highlighting, spine is not cracked, no underlining, no marks, no folds. 389 pages The book appears unused and unmarked. Lot I-2. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Privately Owned. ( more information) Offered by Empoweringbooks (United States)
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USAGE AND ABUSAGE: A GUIDE TO GOOD ENGLISH: ABUSUS NO TOLLIT USUM: NEW EDITION: (HOW TO PICK THE RIGHT WORDS - AND AVOID THE WRONG ONES - IN SPEECH AND WRITING)
Partridge, Eric; Janet Whitcut (editor of New Edition)
NY: W. W. Norton, 1995. 389 pages of the correct usage of "problem" words in the English language (including slang, "vogue words", longer definitions/histories of "Standard English" and "Standard American'); interesting stuff. Excellent copy: tiny (and I do mean tiny) bit of bumping at head/heel of spine else the book is entirely as new with NO previous owner's signature/bookplate/highlighting/underlining/notes/stamps. The dj is very slightly rubbed, has a tiny (again, I do mean tiny) bit of upper edge creasing else as new, also, with NO tears/chips/other creases. NOT an ex-library, NOT a remainder. Fine in Fine dj.. 1st US Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. ( more information) Offered by Interesting Books (United States)
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Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English
Partridge, Eric
Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1995. 390 pages, dj scuffed with light wear to edges. ISBN: 0393037614. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 4¾" - 9¾" tall. ENGLISH LANGUAGE ERRORS USAGE GRAMMAR. ( more information) Offered by Highway Book Shop (Canada)
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Usage and Abusage
Partridge, Eric
New York: Norton, 1995. 1st Am. ed. Hardcover. 389 pages. . New, revised edition of the old standard. How to pick the right words - and avoid the wrong ones - in speech and writing. Fine/Fine. Clean, tight, appears unopened. . ( more information) Offered by Schroeder's Book Haven (United States)
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