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A Dictionary of Modern English Usage by Fowler, H. W. and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at www.doorway.ru Henry Watson Fowler, Ernest A. Gowers (Editor) · Rating details · 1, ratings · 64 reviews. A Dictionary of Modern English Usage is a style guide to British English usage, pronunciation, and writing. It covers topics such as plurals and literary technique, distinctions among like words (homonyms and synonyms), and the use of foreign. Fowler, Henry Watson, , English lexicographer, b. Devon, educated at Oxford. Both he and his brother, Francis G. Fowler (), had been teachers before they began their literary collaboration with a translation of Lucian (). They also worked together on The King's English (), a trenchant and witty book of modern.

Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage. $ () In Stock. Fowler's Modern English Usage is the world-famous guide to English usage, loved and used by writers of all kinds. In keeping with its long tradition, Fowler's gives comprehensive and practical advice on grammar, syntax, style, and choice of words. Fowler's Concise Dictionary of Modern English Usage is an invaluable quick-reference work, providing clear, practical and up-to-date guidance on questions of grammar, spelling, style, and word choice. Jeremy Butterfield has judiciously revised the text to reflect the English usage practices and concerns of the 21st century. A DICTIONARY OF. MODERN. ENGLISH USAGE. BY. H.W. FOWLER. SECOND EDITION revised by. SIR ERNEST GOWERS. Oxford New York. OXFORD. No book had more influence on twentieth-century writers of English than Henry Fowler’s Dictionary of Modern English Usage.