Pocket Fowler/'s Modern English Usage 2e
Pocket Fowler's Modern English Usage 2e
edited by Robert Allen
Press Date: 14th August 2008
Price: £10.99
Britain's most authoritative guide to English The Times
This new edition provides clear advice and recommendations on
issues of effective English usage by drawing on Oxford's unrivalled
dictionary research and language monitoring by taking real examples
from contemporary sources, including the Oxford English Corpus,
such as up-to-date entries on the language of emails and the Internet.
This new edition sits firmly in the tradition of Henry Fowler's iconic
dictionary and usage guide and is updated with the use of the Oxford
English Corpus, a database of over two billion words of 21st century
English. The new edition answers your most frequently asked
questions about language use. Should you use a split infinitive or a
preposition at the end of a sentence? Is it infer or imply? Who or
whom? What are the main differences between British and American
English?
Over 4,000 entries offer clear recommendations on issues of grammar,
pronunciation, spelling, confusable words, and written style. Real
examples are drawn from classic and contemporary literary sources,
newspapers and magazines, and the Internet.
Notes to Editors:
• A Dictionary of Modern English Usage by Henry Fowler was
first published in 1926
• 2008 is the 150th anniversary of Henry Fowler's birth. He was
born on 10th March 1858
• You can find out more about the Oxford English Corpus by
looking at http://www.askoxford.com/oec/mainpage/?view=uk
• Read more about Henry Fowler on the OUP Blog
http://blog.oup.com/2008/03/birthday_fowler/
For further information please contact Kate Farquhar-Thomson
on 01865 353423 or kate.farquhar-thomson@oup.com
