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A Concise Dictionary of Correct English by B. A. Phythian is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Concise Dictionary of Correct English about?
Based on authoritative sources (Fowler, Gowers, Partridge and the Oxford dictionaries), this book is intended for those who would like to be guided round some of the more common pitfalls in the use of English. It is also a practical introduction to the grammar of modern English, grammar being the basis for a proper understanding of what is correct current usage. The compiler, while making a stand against linguistic abuses such as ungrammatical expressions and ugly coinages, circumlocutions and tautology, fashionable metaphors and misuse of technical terms, has an up-to-date attitude to English as a living, developing language, which is constantly changing through usage and the needs of its writers and speakers. Many, often entertaining, examples of both good and incorrect (but frequently found) English support the definitions in the dictionary.
Who reads A Concise Dictionary of Correct English?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- B. A. Phythian
- Publisher
- Philosophical Library (R&L)
- Published
- 1979
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781442233867
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Language Learning, Reference, Literary Fiction
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