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The New Fowler's Modern English Usage.

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Fowler's has not been updated since 1965. (It was originally published in 1926.) Burchfield, the chief editor of The Oxford English Dictionary and its four-volume supplement, is perhaps the best equipped to tackle this monument. His revision pulls a much-loved and slightly eccentric work out of the charm of the past and into the whirlwind of today's language. In a simple, alphabetical arrangement, the third edition covers grammar, syntax, style, word choice, and advice on usage. Some of the contents have been changed completely: there are explanations of the differences between British and American usage, new pronunciation guidelines, and new entries reflecting the politicizing of speech (sexist language, political correctness). The most famous and endearing aspect of Fowler's, the treatment of the split infinitive, has been rewritten to provide more explanation than wit. Some of the contents have only been updated and clarified, retaining the same examples. For instance, the second edition seeks to define \"dead letter\" apart from \"its Pauline and post-office uses\"; the new edition changes this to \"apart from its theological and post-office uses\"; both use \"quill pens, top hats, steam locomotives\" as examples of objects that have fallen out of fashion. The result is a work that is different from the original and more useful, but academic libraries will want to keep the first and second editions as well. Other libraries will definitely want to update their copies; this work will be a standard in the field for years to come.

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Published 1996. Not new, but thank you anyway - it remains a good reference, even though the 2nd Edition was better - see reviews:

Many thanks MAXAND for info

wish somebody put link for new edition

Thanks and thanks for the mirrors

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