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Robert Hartwell Fiske's Dictionary of unendurable English, a compendium of mistakes in grammar, usage, and spelling : with commentary on lexicographers and linguists

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Robert Hartwell Fiske's Dictionary of unendurable English, a compendium of mistakes in grammar, usage, and spelling : with commentary on lexicographers and linguists

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 454-456)

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Robert Hartwell Fiske's Dictionary of unendurable English

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

709672921

Sub title

a compendium of mistakes in grammar, usage, and spelling : with commentary on lexicographers and linguists

Summary

A comprehensive disctionary of common misusages illustrates the right way and the wrong way to use language and explores why dictionaries do not always provide the correct meaning or usage of a word

Table Of Contents

Prologue. The decline of the dictionary ; Remarks about the "Usage notes" in the New Oxford American dictionary -- Imprecation -- The dictionary of unendurable English -- Language craven : a definition -- Appendix A. Mock Merriam -- Appendix B. The Fiske ranking of college dictionaries -- Appendix C. Write to a laxicographer [sic]

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Compendium of mistakes in grammar, usage, and spelling

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