H. W. Fowler's A Dictionary of Modern English Usage

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reference work style guide usage guide

H. W. Fowler's *A Dictionary of Modern English Usage* is a seminal early 20th-century style and usage guide for English that has profoundly shaped modern prescriptive grammar and usage commentary.

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Label	Occurrences
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage	1
H. W. Fowler's A Dictionary of Modern English Usage canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	reference work ⓘ style guide ⓘ usage guide ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Fowler NERFINISHED ⓘ
approach	prescriptive ⓘ
author	Henry Watson Fowler NERFINISHED ⓘ
basisFor	later editions of Fowler's Modern English Usage ⓘ
contains	entry on pedantic and popular usage ⓘ entry on shall and will ⓘ entry on split infinitives ⓘ entry on which and that ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
culturalStatus	classic of English usage ⓘ seminal work in prescriptive linguistics ⓘ
era	early 20th century ⓘ
firstEditionTitle	A Dictionary of Modern English Usage NERFINISHED ⓘ
focusesOn	common errors ⓘ grammar ⓘ idiom ⓘ punctuation ⓘ syntax ⓘ word choice ⓘ word formation ⓘ
hasEdition	2nd edition revised by Ernest Gowers ⓘ 3rd edition edited by R. W. Burchfield ⓘ 4th edition edited by Jeremy Butterfield ⓘ
hasPerspective	British English NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	20th-century usage commentary ⓘ modern prescriptive grammar ⓘ style guides in English ⓘ
inSeries	Oxford usage dictionaries NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
notableFor	alphabetical entries on usage problems ⓘ strong prescriptive judgments ⓘ witty prose ⓘ
periodCovered	modern English ⓘ
publicationYear	1926 ⓘ
publisher	Oxford University Press ⓘ
shortName	Fowler's Modern English Usage NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject	English grammar ⓘ English language ⓘ English usage ⓘ style ⓘ
targetAudience	editors ⓘ educated general readers ⓘ writers ⓘ
timeOfCompilation	World War I era NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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Garner's Modern English Usage → influencedBy → H. W. Fowler's A Dictionary of Modern English Usage ⓘ

Fowler → notableWork → H. W. Fowler's A Dictionary of Modern English Usage ⓘ

subject surface form: Henry Watson Fowler

this entity surface form: A Dictionary of Modern English Usage