The Concise Usage and Abusage: A Modern Guide to Good English

adjective adverb ambiguity American English American usage applied archaic archaism avoided better C. T. Onions catachrestic clauses cliché colloquial comma common COMPARATIVES confused connotes context correct Curme dialect Dictionary distinction Dr Onions E. R. Punshon error especially example expression FALSE formal former Fowler French FUSED PARTICIPLES G. K. Chesterton genitive gerund Grammar H. W. Fowler hence hyphen I. A. Richards idea idiom idiomatic illiterate implies incorrect inferior infinitive kind language Latin latter less literal literary logical means ment modern nature never noun nuances object obsolescent occasionally misused one's oneself past participle person phrase plural poetic possessive précis preferable preposition preterite pronoun prose relative clause sense sentence short singular slang speak speech spelling Standard English style subjunctive synonym Syntax tautological tense term thing tion tive usual verb vogue word Webster's Weseen whereas WOOLLINESS writing wrong