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Penguin Dictionary of American English Usage and Style_2 ppsx
... dark, and handsome,” leave out “both.”BOUGH and BOW. See Homo-phones.Brackets. See Punctuation, 7.46 bough and bow01-A-E_4 10 /22 / 02 10 :29 AM Page 46CONSENSUS. A question for twocritics and ... multitude.(Court, courtesy, and curtain also stemfrom that Latin word.)The most specific meaning of cohort is 62 climactic and climatic01-A-E_4 10 /22 / 02 10 :29 AM Page 62 to cause to tilt or tip, ... listing pairs of words that arespelled differently but pronounced theconfusing pairs 7301-A-E_4 10 /22 / 02 10 :29 AM Page 73quantity and range of the material” and “the inclusiveness of this huge...
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Penguin Dictionary of American English Usage and Style_3 pps
... highly annoyed.So if you use either word with the 122 “everything from”01-A-E_4 10 /22 / 02 10 :29 AM Page 122 EACH AND EVERY. See Twins, 1.EACH, EACH OF. Each can be ei-ther an adjective, meaning ... same type of er-ror.every one and everyone 121 01-A-E_4 10 /22 / 02 10 :29 AM Page 121 ERA. 1. Definition; pronunciation. 2. When will it end?1. Definition; pronunciationAn era is a division of time ... and em-MER-it-tea.1 12 elude and allude01-A-E_4 10 /22 / 02 10 :29 AM Page 1 12 word should never be divided. The divi-sion can throw readers off track, partic-ularly when the pieces have othermeanings, as pro- and...
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Penguin Dictionary of American English Usage and Style_5 potx
... theymight buy a house.”may and might 22 503-M–Q_4 10 /22 / 02 10: 32 AM Page 22 5Change “latter” to last and “more” tomost.3. With numberUse of the latter implies the existence of the former, in the ... error: man-lay off and layoff 20 9 02- F–L_4 10 /22 / 02 10:30 AM Page 20 9in, “We’ll draw lots”; and a number of people or things considered as a group,as in “They’re a sorry lot” and “Howmuch for ... as thougha confused editor had combined a partmercy and pity 22 703-M–Q_4 10 /22 / 02 10: 32 AM Page 22 7 of two common phrases: take pity and have mercy. Sometimes a creative writerdeparts from...
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Penguin Dictionary of American English Usage and Style_6 pps
... and LIKE, 2; Comparison, 2; LIKE, 2; UNLIKE, 2. Anyhow, the 190,000 cannot be com-pared “to” the 50,000. See COM-PARED TO and COMPARED WITH,1. 26 2 numbers03-M–Q_4 10 /22 / 02 10: 32 AM Page 26 2tinction ... droppedwith no detriment to the meaning. (Seealso PICK UP and PICKUP, 2. )When a congressman sought a presi- 27 2 on03-M–Q_4 10 /22 / 02 10: 32 AM Page 27 2 2. Other usesNone (adjective) meaning no is an ar-chaic ... or, better, 25 2 not about to03-M–Q_4 10 /22 / 02 10: 32 AM Page 25 2had kept all of his campaign promises of 1980.During his campaign he promised uslower taxes, limited government and an administration...
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Penguin Dictionary of American English Usage and Style_7 docx
... and 20 of the Empire StateBuildings are on display in, where else,the lobby of the Empire State Buildingat Fifth Avenue and 34th Street.3 42 punctuation03-M–Q_4 10 /22 / 02 10: 32 AM Page 3 42 PRESCRIBE ... singular words my, your, his, her, and its and the plural words our,your, and their. 29 6 possessive problems03-M–Q_4 10 /22 / 02 10: 32 AM Page 29 64. Needless use of -SELFMany people are reluctant ... restric-304 prescribe and proscribe03-M–Q_4 10 /22 / 02 10: 32 AM Page 304pletely: “Jack said Sam took the money.” And “Fruit, trees, and flowers” are notthe same as “fruit trees and flowers.” And it might...
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Penguin Dictionary of American English Usage and Style_8 docx
... judgment of his peers orby the law of the land. . . . . . . For the sake of God, and forthe bettering of our realm, and for themore ready healing of the discordwhich has arisen between us and ... reversal of meaning04-R–Z_4 10 /22 / 02 10:33 AM Page 366tion of political favoritism in a federaldepartment, a congressman asked a for-mer subordinate of the secretary of housing and urban ... FORWARD and BACK (time); GO OFF and GOON; GREAT; SCAN.• Pairs with opposite meanings. SeeConfusing pairs (energize and enervate, hyper- and hypo-, and sanction and sanctions);DISINGENUOUS and INGENUOUS;...
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Penguin Dictionary of American English Usage and Style_9 doc
... longstretches of human history.” May onealso protest the lowering of standards of English usage and all that fuzziness?THAT and WHICH. 1. The differ-ence. 2. Indiscriminate WHICH; mix-up of THAT and ... KIND OF, 1; Pronouns, 2 (misuse of them); THESE and THOSE.THEMSELVES and “THEM-SELF.” See Pronouns, 5.THEN. See FORMER; THAN.THEORY. See HYPOTHESIS and THEORY.theory 429 04-R–Z_4 10 /22 / 02 10:33 ... haveor has and (2) the past participle of averb. (“I have worn this suit for years.” /“She has shown courage.”4 12 tense04-R–Z_4 10 /22 / 02 10:33 AM Page 4 12 scribed the scene of a ship accident...
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Penguin Dictionary of American English Usage and Style_10 ppt
... and BEST, WORSE and WORST.WOULD and WILL. See Doublenegative, 1; Subjunctive, 2, 3; Tense, 4.WOULD HAVE, WOULD’VE, and “WOULD OF. ” See HAVE,HAS, HAD, 2. WRACK. See RACK and WRACK.WREAK and ... of Style, Chicago:The University of Chicago Press,19 82. The College Standard Dictionary of thereference works 487REFERENCE WORKSMany of the reference works consulted in the preparation of ... Press,1971.The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Cur-rent English, 6th ed., J. B. Sykes, Ox-ford, England: Clarendon Press,1976.Roy H. Copperud, Webster’s Dictionary of Usage and Style, New York: AvenelBooks,...
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The Penguin Dictionary of American English Usage and Style_3 pptx
... figurative way when aperson in the center of a controversy orfuror is said to be “in the eye of thestorm.”eye (of a storm) 125 01-A-E_4 10 /22 / 02 10 :29 AM Page 125 or implied). “All interested parties ... abortion? 126 fabulousF 02- F–L_4 10 /22 / 02 10:30 AM Page 126 far as or so far as indicates a limit of progress: “He went to school as far asthe sixth grade.”As far as or insofar as often can ... single member of a particular group, which can comprisepeople, things, or animals. Often of fol-lows, as in “every one of our 1,500” and “each and every one of our clients.” The of and its object...
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The Penguin Dictionary of American English Usage and Style_4 potx
... showwent off as planned”) and (2) to discon-tinue or go away (“The show went offthe air”).The execution of a prisoner was hoursaway when the news came that the154 good and well 02- F–L_4 10 /22 / 02 ... BORNCAPITAL and CAPITOLCOMPLEMENT and COMPLI-MENTEXERCISE and EXORCISEFAUN and FAWNFAZE and PHASEGRISLY, GRIZZLY, and GRIZZLEDHEROIN and HEROINEINCIDENCE and INCIDENTITS and IT’SLEAD (verb) and ... LEDLOATH and LOATHEMARSHALNAVAL and NAVELPRINCIPAL and PRINCIPLEPronouns, 8.Punctuation, 1B.RACK and WRACKSHEAR, 1.TO, TOO, and TWOTROOP, TROOPS, and TROUPEVerbs, 2 (medal)WHOSE, 2 YOUR and...
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