- bibliography and suggested reading
- Throughout the text I have in general referred to the following books by the surname of the author, ignoring the contributions of those who revised the originals. Thus although Sir Ernest Gowers substantially revised A 'Dictionary of Modern English Usage in 1965, that book is referred to throughout the text as "Fowler." References to "Gowers" are meant to suggest Gowers s own book, The Complete Plain Words.• Aitchison, Jean, Language Change: Progress or Decay?, Fontana, London, 1981.• American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Houghton Mifflin, New York, 2000.• Austin, Tim (compiler), The Times Guide to English Style and Usage, T\mts Books, London, 1999.• Bernstein, Theodore M., The Careful Writer and Dos, Donts and Maybes of English Usage, Free Press, New York, 1995.• Burchfield, R. W. (ed.), The New Fowler s Modern Usage (third edition), Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1996.• Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English, Oxford University Press, New York, 1995.• Encarta World English Dictionary, St. Martins Press, New York, 1999.• Evans, Bergen and Cornelia, A Dictionary of Contemporary American Usage, Random House, New York, 1957.• Fieldhouse, Harry, Everyman's Good English Guide,}. M. Dent & Sons, London, 1982.• Fowler, E. G. and H. W., The Kings English, third edition, Oxford University Press, London, 1970.• Fowler, H. W., A Dictionary of Modern English Usage, second edition (revised by Sir Ernest Gowers), Oxford University Press, New York, 1983.• Gowers, Sir Ernest, The Complete Plain Words, second edition (revised by Sir Bruce Fraser), Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1980.• Grimond, John, The Economist Pocket Style Book, Economist Publications, London, 1987.• Howard, Philip, Weasel Words, Hamish Hamilton, London, 1978. New Words for Old, Unwin, London, 1980. Words Fail Me, Oxford University Press, New York, 1981. A Word in Your Ear, Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1985. The State of the Language, Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1986.• Hudson, Kenneth, The Dictionary of Diseased English, Paper-mac, London, 1980.• Jordan, Lewis (ed.), The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage, Times Books, New York, 1976.• Manser, Martin H. (ed.), Good Word Guide, Bloomsbury, London, 2000.• Michaels, Leonard, and Ricks, Christopher (ed.), The State of the Language, University of California Press, Berkeley, 1990.• Morris, William and Mary, Harper Dictionary of Contemporary Usage, Harper &c Row, New York, 1975.• Newman, Edwin, Strictly Speaking, Warner Books, New York, 1975.• A Civil Tongue, Warner Books, New York, 1976.• Onions, C. T., Modern English Syntax, seventh edition (prepared by B. D. H. Miller), St. Martin's Press, New York, 1971.• Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000.• Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1982.• Oxford English Dictionary (Compact Edition), Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1971.• Palmer, Frank, Grammar, Viking Penguin, New York, 1989.• Partridge, Eric, Usage andAbusage, W. W. Norton, New York, 1997.• Phythian, B. A., A Concise Dictionary of Correct English, Row-man 8c Littlefield, Lanham, Maryland, 1979.• Potter, Simeon, Our Language, Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1982.• Quirk, Randolph, The Use of English, Longmans, London, 1969.• Safire, William, On Language, Avon, New York, 1980. What's the Good Word?, Avon, New York, 1983.• Shaw, Harry, Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions, Pocket Books, New York, 1985.• Shipley, Joseph T., In Praise of English: The Growth and Use of Language, Times Books, New York, 1977.• Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, Book Club Associates, London, 1983.• Siegal, Allan M., and William G. Connolly, The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage (second edition), New York, Times Books/Random House, 1999.• Simon, John, Paradigms Lost: Reflections on Literacy and Its Decline, Clarkson N. Potter, New York, 1980.• Strunk Jr., William, and White, E. B., The Elements of Style, third edition, Macmillan, New York, 1979.• Wallraff, Barbara, Word Court, Harcourt, Inc., New York, 2000.• Wood, Frederick T, Current English Usage, Papermac, London, second edition (revised by R. H. and L. M. Flavell), 1981.
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