Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English

action adjective adverb ambiguity American applied avoided become better called cause clause colloquial common COMPARATIVES confused correct dialect distinction effect English error especially example excellent expression fact fall feeling formal former French frequent gerund give grammar hand hence idea implies important incorrect John kind language latter least less literary live logical look means ment merely mind misused nature negative never noun object obsolescent occasionally occurs one's original participle pass past perhaps person phrase plural political position possible practice preferable present properly question rare reason remarks result Rhetoric rule sense sentence short slang sometimes speak speech Standard synonym technical term things thought tion tive usage usual verb VOGUE whereas wish words writing written wrong