02135nam 2200505 450 991077889440332120230421034136.01-283-00865-397866130086570-585-04148-2(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 StatesUsageDictionariesEnglish languageUsage428.00973Wilson Kenneth G(Kenneth George),1923-1530203MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778894403321The Columbia guide to standard American English3775097UNINA