02168nam 2200517 450 991045530910332120200520144314.01-283-00865-397866130086570-585-04148-2(CKB)111004366540058(EBL)991447(OCoLC)828303213(SSID)ssj0000125156(PQKBManifestationID)12027116(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000125156(PQKBWorkID)10026589(PQKB)10519093(MiAaPQ)EBC991447(Au-PeEL)EBL991447(EXLCZ)9911100436654005820181228d1996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Columbia guide to standard American English /Kenneth G. WilsonNew York :Columbia University Press,[1996]1 online resource (501 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-231-06989-8 Acknowledgments; Introduction; Standard American English; BibliographyIn the most reliable and readable guide to effective writing for the Americans of today, Wilson answers questions of meaning, grammar, pronunciation, punctuation, and spelling in thousands of clear, concise entries. His guide is unique in presenting a systematic, comprehensive view of language as determined by context. Wilson provides a simple chart of contexts?from oratorical speech to intimate, from formal writing to informal?and explains in which contexts a particular usage is appropriate, and in which it is not.The Columbia Guide to Standard Written American English provides tEnglish languageUnited StatesUsageDictionariesElectronic books.English languageUsage428.00973Wilson Kenneth G(Kenneth George),1923-982565MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455309103321The Columbia guide to standard American English2242426UNINA