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Article #1524Re: English usage( for technical and legal writing)
From: Howard Kaikow
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 13:13
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 13:13
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The author has confirmed that: "The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style is the abridged paperback version of A Dictionary of Modern American Usage, which has about twice as much material." -- Please post your response to the newsgroup. Do not email me a copy of the message. http://www.standards.com/ipusers/standards; Programming and support for Word macros, including converting from WordBasic to VBA; Technical writing and reviewing; Standards ------------------------------------------------ "Hugh Watkins" <hugh_watkins@net.dialog.dk> wrote in message news:9rf9ac$st3pb$1@ID-71976.news.dfncis.de... > > "Howard Kaikow" <kaikow@standards.com> wrote in message news:9ren6p$lib$1@pyrite.mv.net... > > I already have: > > > > 1. Fowler's Modern English Usage (2nd edition), revised and edited by > > Gowers. > > 2. Handbook of TECHNICAL WRITING (5th edition) by Brusaw, Alred, and Oliu. > > > > I will definitely be getting Garner's Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage (2nd > > edition) > > > > I'm looking for something more modern than Fowler. > > Any opinions on the following, both by Bryan Garner? > > > > Published in 1998, Dictionary of Modern American Usage has 752 pages, pages > > are 9.58 x 6.82 inches. > > Published in 2000, The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style has 480 > > pages, pages are 8.19 x 5.47 inches. > > -- > > Please post your response to the newsgroup. Do not email me a copy of the > > message. > > do you have time to read 752 pages? > plus 482 > > read it quickly and remeber little > slowly and get bored > > Hugh W > > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=review+Dictionary+of+Modern+American+Us age+ > > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=review+Oxford+Dictionary+of+American+Us age+and+Style+&btnG=Google+Search > > let us know what the consensus is ! > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fee76,daaf050f2839191b X-Google-Attributes: gidfee76,public X-Google-Thread: 116644,daaf050f2839191b X-Google-Attributes: gid116644,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-30 00:09:43 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.mathworks.com!news.mv.net!not-for-mail From: "Howard Kaikow" <kaikow@standards.com> Newsgroups: misc.writing,bit.listserv.techwr-l Subject: Re: English usage( for technical and legal writing) Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 08:13:17 -0500 Organization: MV Communications, Inc. Lines: 65 Message-ID: <9rh07t$rrl$1@pyrite.mv.net> References: <9ren6p$lib$1@pyrite.mv.net> <9rf9ac$st3pb$1@ID-71976.news.dfncis.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: bnh-aa1-110.mv.com X-Trace: pyrite.mv.net 1004274749 28533 199.125.109.110 (28 Oct 2001 13:12:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@mv.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 28 Oct 2001 13:12:29 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700