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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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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Scribner edition
- Extent
- xvi, 456 pages
- Note
- "Previously published as The dictionary of disagreeable English ... has been updated, revised, enlarged, and redesigned"--Title page verso
- 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]
- Isbn
- 9781451651324
- Label
- Robert Hartwell Fiske's Dictionary of unendurable English : a compendium of mistakes in grammar, usage, and spelling : with commentary on lexicographers and linguists
- Title
- Robert Hartwell Fiske's Dictionary of unendurable English
- Title remainder
- a compendium of mistakes in grammar, usage, and spelling : with commentary on lexicographers and linguists
- Title variation
- Compendium of mistakes in grammar, usage, and spelling
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Fiske, Robert Hartwell
- Dewey number
- 423/.1
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
-
- PE1464
- PE1408
- LC item number
-
- .F573 2011
- .F465 2011
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- bibliography
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- English language
- English language
- English language
- English language
- Label
- Robert Hartwell Fiske's Dictionary of unendurable English : a compendium of mistakes in grammar, usage, and spelling : with commentary on lexicographers and linguists
- Note
- "Previously published as The dictionary of disagreeable English ... has been updated, revised, enlarged, and redesigned"--Title page verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 454-456)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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]
- Control code
- ocn709672921
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First Scribner edition
- Extent
- xvi, 456 pages
- Isbn
- 9781451651324
- Lccn
- 2012532141
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Label
- Robert Hartwell Fiske's Dictionary of unendurable English : a compendium of mistakes in grammar, usage, and spelling : with commentary on lexicographers and linguists
- Note
- "Previously published as The dictionary of disagreeable English ... has been updated, revised, enlarged, and redesigned"--Title page verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 454-456)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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]
- Control code
- ocn709672921
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First Scribner edition
- Extent
- xvi, 456 pages
- Isbn
- 9781451651324
- Lccn
- 2012532141
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
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