TY - BOOK AU - Weiner,E.S.C. AU - Delahunty,Andrew TI - The Oxford guide to English usage SN - 0192800248 U1 - 428 PY - 1994/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - English language KW - Usage KW - Handbooks, manuals, etc N1 - Primary N2 - "The Oxford Guide to English Usage, provides succinct, practical advice on problems that writers struggle with every day. Designed for daily use, this marvelous handbook is organized according to basic themes (Word Formation, Pronunciation, Vocabulary, Grammar, Punctuation) and written to address the actual needs of a typical writer. Under "Word Formation," for instance, the authors offer helpful guidance on suffixes (drop the final silent e when adding -able), those troublesome hyphens, variations between British and American spelling, and why the prefix in- appears in some words and un- in others" -- Amazon.com ER -