Garner's Modern English Usage

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Garner's Modern English Usage is a comprehensive, influential reference guide to contemporary English grammar, usage, and style.

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instanceOf reference work
style guide
usage dictionary
aimsTo discourage jargon and clutter
encourage precise word choice
promote clarity in writing
alsoKnownAs Garner's Modern English Usage
surface form: Garner’s Usage
author Bryan Garner
surface form: Bryan A. Garner
basedOn A Dictionary of Modern American Usage
contains essays on usage and style
guidance on grammar
guidance on legal usage
guidance on punctuation
guidance on spelling variants
guidance on syntax
guidance on word formation
recommendations on word choice
usage entries arranged alphabetically
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
focusesOn contemporary English usage
legal and formal prose
standard written English
genre prescriptive grammar
hasPerspective prescriptivist
usage-based
influenced editorial style at many publications
legal writing pedagogy
influencedBy H. W. Fowler's A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
Chicago Manual of Style
surface form: The Chicago Manual of Style
language English
notableFor careful distinctions between near-synonyms
detailed usage notes
influence on modern American usage debates
strong recommendations on disputed usages
treatment of legal and business English
predecessor A Dictionary of Modern American Usage
publisher Oxford University Press
subject English grammar
English style
English usage
usedBy editors
lawyers
students of English
writers
uses citations from books
citations from newspapers and magazines
evidence from modern print sources

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Bryan Garner notableWork Garner's Modern English Usage
subject surface form: Bryan A. Garner
Bryan Garner authorOf Garner's Modern English Usage
subject surface form: Bryan A. Garner
Garner's Modern English Usage alsoKnownAs Garner's Modern English Usage
this entity surface form: Garner’s Usage
A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage relatedWork Garner's Modern English Usage
this entity surface form: Garner’s Modern English Usage
The Elements of Legal Style relatedWork Garner's Modern English Usage
this entity surface form: Garner’s Modern English Usage