{"product_id":"garners-modern-english-usage-hardcover","title":"Garner's Modern English Usage - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBryan A. Garner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe most original and authoritative voice of today's English lexicography presents a fully revised new edition of his beloved usage dictionary\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Bryan Garner published the first edition of \u003cem\u003eA Dictionary of Modern American Usage\u003c\/em\u003e in 1999, the book quickly became one of the most influential style guides ever written for the English language. After four previous editions and over twenty years, our language has evolved in many ways, and the powerful tool of big data has revolutionized lexicography. This extensively revised new edition fully captures these changes, featuring a thousand new entries and over two hundred replacement entries, thoroughly updated usage data and ratios on word frequency based on the Google Ngram Viewer, a more balanced coverage of World Englishes, not just American and British, and the inclusion of gender-neutral language. However, one thing has not changed: in no sense is this a \"regular\" dictionary but a masterpiece of lexicography written with wit and personality by one of the preeminent authorities on the English language. To put it in David Foster Wallace's words, Garner's discussion of rhetoric\u003cbr\u003eand style still \"borders on genius.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the (lost) battle between \u003cem\u003eself-deprecating\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eself-depreciating\u003c\/em\u003e to the misuse of \u003cem\u003eit's\u003c\/em\u003e for \u003cem\u003eits\u003c\/em\u003e, from the variant spelling \u003cem\u003epatty-cake\u003c\/em\u003e taking over \u003cem\u003epat-a-cake\u003c\/em\u003e in American English to the singular uses of \u003cem\u003ethey\u003c\/em\u003e, Garner explains the nuances of grammar and vocabulary and the linguistic blunders to which modern writers and speakers are prone, whether in word choice, syntax, phrasing, punctuation, or pronunciation. His empirical approach liberates English from two extremes: from the \"purists\" who maintain that split infinitives and sentence-ending prepositions are malfeasances and from the linguistic relativists who believe that whatever people say or write must necessarily be accepted. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe purpose of Garner's dictionary is to help writers, editors, and speakers use the language effectively. And it does so in a playful and persuasive way that will help you sound \"grammatical but relaxed, refined but natural, correct but unpedantic.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBryan A. Garner\u003c\/strong\u003e's work has been recognized as pioneering across a wide range of fields, including English usage, grammar, legislative drafting, and legal lexicography. He has written more than 25 books, many of them award-winning, including \u003cem\u003eThe Chicago Guide to Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eGarner on Language and Writing\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eReading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eMaking Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges \u003c\/em\u003e(both with Justice Antonin Scalia); \u003cem\u003eGarner's Dictionary of Legal Usage\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eLegal Writing in Plain English\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThe Elements of Legal Style\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThe Winning Brief\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eEthical Communications for Lawyers\u003c\/em\u003e. As editor in chief of \u003cem\u003eBlack's Law Dictionary \u003c\/em\u003eand author of the grammar and usage chapter in \u003cem\u003eThe Chicago Manual of Style\u003c\/em\u003e, he has become one of the most authoritative and widely cited English lexicographers. He is Distinguished Research Professor of Law at Southern Methodist University and president of LawProse Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1312\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.19 x 10.06 x 7.33 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 17, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51782852411680,"sku":"9780197599020","price":68.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/35e9b05ffa578ef038efeed909fec43e.webp?v=1780577547","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/garners-modern-english-usage-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}