The New Fowler's Modern English Usage (New Fowler's Modern English Usage, 3rd Ed)
By H. W. Fowler, R. W. Burchfield,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages: 1010
Publication Date: 2000-04-13
Sales Rank: 90409
ISBN / ASIN: 0198602634
EAN: 9780198602637
Binding: Hardcover
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
Studio: Oxford University Press, USA
Average Rating: 3
Total Reviews: 19
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For generations, lovers of the English language have turned to trusty copies of Fowler's to settle nagging grammatical questions, or, for true hard-core language junkies, for the sheer fun of reading H. W. Fowler's classic outrage contained in entries on "Hackneyed Phrases" or "Pedantic-Humour Words."
The New Fowler's Modern English Usage, the first revision in more than 30 years, has not arrived without controversy. Some language (and Fowler) purists complain that the book is too liberal at times, noting that usage is common as opposed to correct. Those points are debatable, and, indeed, they're what makes the book's nearly 900 pages so interesting to peruse. The currency of the new Fowler's extends to, in the entry on "Vogue Words," such novelties as "couch potato," "flavour of the month," "on a roll," and the notorious "parameter."