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

The Resource 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
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a compendium of mistakes in grammar, usage, and spelling : with commentary on lexicographers and linguists
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"Previously published as The dictionary of disagreeable English ... has been updated, revised, enlarged, and redesigned"--Title page verso
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 454-456)
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volume
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text
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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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ocn709672921
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23 cm
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First Scribner edition
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xvi, 456 pages
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9781451651317
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2012532141
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u1034044
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