Saying What You Mean: A Commonsense Guide to American Usage - Hardcover

Claiborne, Robert

9780393023121: Saying What You Mean: A Commonsense Guide to American Usage
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Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1986
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In hundreds of dictionary-type entries, ranging from "Acronyms" to "Y'know," the author of "Our Marvellous Native Tongue" insists on clarity as the touchstone of good usage

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The late Robert Claiborne was a longtime editor and writer and the author of a number of books on words and language.

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  • PublisherW W Norton & Co Inc
  • Publication date1986
  • ISBN 10 0393023125
  • ISBN 13 9780393023121
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages269

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