The Columbia guide to standard American English /
Kenneth G. Wilson.
- New York : Columbia University Press, c1993.
- xv, 482 p. ; 25 cm.
A guide to effective writing suitable for the Americans. It answers questions of meaning, grammar, pronunciation, punctuation, and spelling in thousands of concise entries. It presents a systematic view of language as determined by context. It provides a chart of contexts and explains in which contexts a particular usage is appropriate.
023106988X (alk. paper)
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