Saying what you mean
Subtitle: a commonsense guide to American usage
By: Robert Claiborne.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Published: 1986
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
Subjects: English language -- United States -- Usage -- Dictionaries; English language -- Usage -- Dictionaries; Americanisms -- Dictionaries
Description: In hundreds of dictionary-type entries, ranging from "Acronyms" to "Y'know," the author of "Our Marvellous Native Tongue" insists on clarity as the touchstone of good usage
Notes: Bibliography: p. [260]-264.
Includes index.