The Columbia Guide to Standard American English

The Columbia Guide to Standard American English
by Kenneth G. Wilson | Routledge (1993) | ISSN: 0231069898
PDF | 2,9 MB | 482 pages

In the most reliable and readable guide to effective writing for the Americans of today, Wilson answers questions of meaning, grammar, pronunciation, punctuation, and spelling in thousands of clear, concise entries. His guide is unique in presenting a systematic, comprehensive view of language as determined by context. Wilson provides a simple chart of contexts - from oratorical speech to intimate, from formal writing to informal - and explains in which contexts a particular usage is appropriate, and in which it is not. The Columbia Guide to Standard Written American English provides the answers to questions about American English the way no other guide can.
A vibrant description of how our language is being spoken and written at the end of the twentieth century -and how we ourselves can use it most effectively - The Columbia Guide to Standard American English is the ideal handbook to language etiquette: friendly, sensible, and reliable.

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