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200 10$aAmerican English compendium $ea portable guide to the idiosyncrasies, subtleties, technical lingo, and nooks and crannies of American English /$fMarv Rubinstein
205   $aFourth edition.
210  1$aLanham, Maryland :$cRowman & Littlefield,$d2014.
210  4$dİ2014
215   $a1 online resource (543 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $tContents$tPreface$tAcknowledgements$tPrologue to the Fourth Revised Edition$tForeword$tGuide to the Use of This Book$tIntroduction.$gCh. 1$tAmerican Spoken Here-English Understood.$gCh. 2$tProverbs, Slogans, and Aphorisms.$gCh. 3$tPopular American Expressions.$gCh. 4$tProverbial Commentaries: SOME WISE, SOME WITTY, AND SOME JUST HISTORICAL.$gCh. 5$tSimiles and Metaphors Indicating Extremes.$gCh. 6$tA Pronounced Difference: A MARE'S NEST OF ENGLISH SPELLING AND PUNCTUATION.$gCh. 7$tAmerican Slang and Colloquialisms.$gCh. 8$tOddball American English Words.$gCh. 9$tBritish vs American English (and Vice Versa).$gCh. 10$tWorldwide English.$gCh. 11$tForeign Words and Phrases Frequently Used in English.$gCh. 12$tCommon American Legal Terms.$gCh. 13$tCommon American Medical Terms.$gCh. 14$tBusiness Colloquialisms, Slang, and Acronyms.$gCh. 15$tNeologisms.$gCh. 16$tAcronyms, Abbreviations, and Initialism.$gCh. 17$tAcronyms, Abbreviations, and Initialisms in the Computer, Internet, and Communications Industries.$gCh. 18$tFrom Where Do You Hail?.$gCh. 19$tFor the Symbol Minded.$gCh. 20$tCurrencies of the World.$gCh. 21$tInternational Measurements.$gCh. 22$tBaby Talk.$gCh. 23$tThe Birds and the Trees.$gCh. 24$tThe Colourful American Language.$gCh. 25$tColor Commentaries.$gCh. 26$tLanguage and Laughter$tPostscript to the Fourth Edition$tBibliography$tIndex
330   $aThe American English Compendium is a fun way to explore the nuances of the English language-learn that a group of lions is called a pride; a group of whales, a pod; and a group of owls, a parliament. This edition offers fresh chapters which include spelling, punctuation, and pronunciation; and even Twitterspeak and other online vernacular.
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606   $aEnglish language$zUnited States$xGrammar$vHandbooks, manuals, etc
606   $aEnglish language$zUnited States$xTranslating$vHandbooks, manuals, etc
606   $aAmericanisms$vHandbooks, manuals, etc
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