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Hardback. Zustand: Good. A classic since its first edition in 1966, Modern American Usage has been called a book that every literate American ought to read. Now fully revised and brought up-to-date, this one-volume course in good writing brims with helpful answers--large and small--for readers who want to use English clearly, naturally, and correctly.Alphabetical for easy consulting (and full of cross-references), the book carries the reader to the entry that explains a troublesome word or phrase--and shows how to use or avoid it. Every page offers natural ways to avoid saying or writing the vague, the long-winded, the needlessly technical, and the hopelessly stale. With verve and eloquence, Erik Wensberg spears the empty words that clog clear thought--impact, frustrated, basically, and many more--and offers us good English words that are definite and have more life. Offering standards by which to judge language now and in the future, Modern American Usage takes account of a generation of changes in American idiom and of attempts to reform the use of pronouns, titles, and phrases to fit shifting ideals of social justice. All this it does with easy learning and with sympathy alike for the experienced writer and for those who come new to American English.…

Zustand: Good. Rev Sub. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Very Good. Rev Sub. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. Like New. First Thus. First Edition Thus, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($25.00 price intact). Published by Hill and Wang, 1998. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new with light edgewear/shelfwear. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.…

Hardcover with. Zustand: Very good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDLanguage Arts & Disciplines: Very Good Hardcover with dust jacket, clean pages, minor creasing to dust jacket.

Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Magazine. Stapled wrappers. Quarto. 49pp. Small tear and chip on bottom corners of first three pages, very good or better. Contributions by Richard King, Daniel Hoffman, Molly Haskell, Jorge Luis Borges, Christopher Lasch, George Bogin, Lionel Tiger and Robin Fox, Mark Rudman, Alan Dugan, Theodore Hoffman, Victor S. Navasky, Michael Holroyd, James W. Kuhn, Michael Wood, and more.…

Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. First Edition. Volume III, Number 4, Fall 1960. Quarto. 56pp. Illustrated in black and white. Stapled wrappers. Wrapper edges lightly age-toned, near fine. "In Defense of the City" by James Marston Fitch, "American Opera: Curtains & Overtures" by Jack Beeson, "Democracy and Babel" by Irving Kristol, "Being with Berenson" by Herbert L. Jacobson, and "European Journal" by Paul Goodman. Poems by Babette Deutsch and Daniel G. Hoffman. …

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. Volume VI, Number I, Winter 1963. Quarto. 56pp. Stapled wrappers. Fine. "U.S. & Europe, Limited" by Amitai Etzioni, "Putting Together of Yeats" by John Unterecker, "Fidel Castro & John Brown" by Samuel Shapiro, "Tivoli: Copenhagen" by Babette Deutsch, and "The Violence" by Theodore Caplow. Contributions by George W. Nitchie, Daniel G. Hoffman, and others.…

Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Magazine. Quarto, stapled wrappers. 56pp. Wrapper edges lightly age-toned, near fine. "In Defense of the City" by James Marston Fitch, "American Opera: Curtains & Overtures" by Jack Beeson, "Democracy and Babel" by Irving Kristol, "Being with Berenson" by Herbert L. Jacobson, "European Journal" by Paul Goodman. Poems by Babette Deutsch and Daniel G. Hoffman. …

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. Magazine. Quarto, stapled wrappers. 56pp. Fine. "U.S. & Europe, Limited" by Amitai Etzioni, "Putting Together of Yeats" by John Unterecker, "Fidel Castro & John Brown" by Samuel Shapiro, "Tivoli: Copenhagen" by Babette Deutsch, "The Violence" by Theodore Caplow. Contributions by George W. Nitchie, Daniel G. Hoffman, and others. …

Half-linen with dust jacket. Zustand: Sehr gut. 360 p. Sehr guter Zustand, keine Mänge / Very good copy, flawless. - CONTENTS Preface to the Revised Edition How to Use This Book Inventory of Main Entries in the Lexicon LEXICON APPENDIX: On Usage, Pedantry, Grammar, and the Orderly Mind Full Titles of Books Cited in the Text Editors Note. A classic since its first edition in 1966, Modem American Usage has been called a book that every literate American ought to read. Now fully revised and brought up-to-date, this one-volume course in good writing brims with helpful answerslarge and smallfor readers who want to use English clearly, naturally, and correctly. Alphabetical for easy consulting (and full of cross-references), the book carries the reader to the entry that explains a troublesome word or phraseand shows how to use or avoid it; no time lost in wondering whether the problem is one of grammar, syntax, or style. Every page offers natural ways to avoid saying or writing the vague, the long-winded, the needlessly technical, and the hopelessly stale. With verve and eloquence, Erik Wensberg spears the empty words that clog clear thoughtimpact, frustrated, basically, and many more and offers us good English words that are definite and have more life. As language changes, many manuals simply note what is new and why some people prefer it. Readers of Modem American Usage learn standards by which to judge language now and in the future. The book takes account of a generation of changes in American idiom and of attempts to reform the use of pronouns, titles, and phrases to fit shifting ideas of social justice. All this it does with easy learning and with sympathy alike for the experienced writer and for those who come new to American English. ISBN 9780809069514 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 495.…