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  The Penguin Dictionary of
American English Usage and Style
  
  The Penguin Dictionary of American English Usage and Style
covers a wide range of topics from grammar and punctuation to style and word choice. Drawing on more than 2,000
real-life examples of questionable usage, it features topics found in no comparable reference work, such as clear
examples and definitions in all word entries and explanations of misunderstood and misused words and clichés. This
authoritative and highly readable guide provides exceptionally clear answers in plain language to the most complicated
questions about English. It will be welcomed by anyone who cares about the way words are used.
  
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  Language: English
  ISBN-10: 0142000469
  ISBN-13: 978-0142000465
  
 
Editorial Reviews
  
  Amazon.com Review
  As a practical guide to correct grammar and word
choice, The Penguin Dictionary of American English Usage and Style makes an excellent addition to the reference shelf of
any high school or college student, and those who write professionally will get plenty of use out of it as well. Words
are arranged alphabetically, and thorough cross-referencing makes it fairly easy to track down specific answers, from
the plural of "rhinoceros" to when "due to" is an acceptable phrase.
  Each entry gives examples of correct and
incorrect usage, and usually includes a short explanation of the rule. When the rule is vague or misleading, author Paul
Lovinger uses humor and a friendly attitude in explaining the mysteries of American English, and his examples of
improper style are likely to make a lasting impression. The food writer who dared to describe a bland eggplant as
"sultry" is gently mocked (what is "feverishly passionate" about a vegetable?), and the copy editor who is found "trying
to be clever and not succeeding" may think twice before attempting another terrible pun. Large groups, such as
"plurals," "verbs," "punctuation," and "numbers," have multiple pages devoted to them, and are broken down into simple
groupings that newer students of grammar will have little trouble deciphering. Definitions of individual words are
straightforward, and after a little study, you'll have those tricky choices like "nauseous/nauseated" and
"farther/further" mastered. If you think you're past these little mistakes, remember that every example of poor usage
cited by Lovinger comes from a professional--even experts can use a refresher course sometimes. --Jill Lightner --This
text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
  
  From Library Journal
  This
alphabetically arranged resource features specific words and general-usage topics that can confound readers, writers,
and editors alike. Typical usage errors include referring to "Frankenstein's monster" as "Frankenstein," using "try and"
instead of "try to," and describing a parallel or coincidental situation as "ironic." The 75 topic entries cover
subjects as varied as abbreviations, collective nouns, homophones, prepositions, punctuation, and, interestingly, Iran,
often erroneously referred to as Arab. This compact reference work will prove handy for users struggling with the
differences between flaunt and flout; gantlet, gauntlet, and gamut; hypothesis and theory; and homophonic terms such as
allude/elude or persecute/prosecute. Numerous cross references and 2000 richly contemporary examples replete with
quotations add to this tool's usefulness. Lovinger is a former reporter and newspaper columnist, and many of the
examples are derived from the world of journalism. Despite this emphasis on media usage, this is still a worthwhile
purchase for libraries that already own The New Fowler's Modern English Usage (LJ 3/15/97). Recommended for wordsmiths,
arbiters of good usage, and larger collections.DElizabeth Connor, Medical Univ. of South Carolina Lib., Charleston 
  Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this
title.
  
  Reviews
  
  This is the most amazingly bad usage manual I know of. The problem
is not that Lovinger gives conventional advice, though he does. He can be relied upon to give the company line for most
of the usual suspects. The problem is that he tries to go beyond this. He has entries for many words not found in other
manuals. This would be a point in his favor were he not wholly incompetent to make original judgments.
  The
possible examples are myriad, but a few will have to serve. Lovinger is weak in English grammar, as illustrated in his
entry for "Broadside". He criticizes "A Union Pacific train slammed broadside...into a station wagon..." on the grounds
that "unless it leaves its track, a train is not likely to hit anything 'broadside'." This apparently is based on the
false belief that an adverb cannot refer to a characteristic of the object of the verb. For example, in "John carefully
measured the room" carefulness is a characteristic of John. But in "John measured the room lengthwise" it is the room
which is lengthwise, not John. The two constructions can even be combined in one sentence: "John carefully measured the
room lengthwise." So Lovinger has implicitly invented a bogus rule of English grammar.
  Even when he gives correct
information it is often in a very unhelpful way. In the article "Plurals and singulars" he notes, correctly, that
"coffee, fruit, silk, steel, tea, wheat, and wool are treated as singular except when different types or varieties are
considred; then s is affixes and it becomes plural." This would naturally lead to a discussion of mass and count nouns,
but no such discussion is to be found. (He has a discussion elsewhere of collective nouns, but collective nouns are not
the same as mass nouns.) These words are listed in the sub-entry of "Creatures; peculiarities".
  
  Many
usage dictionaries exist, and all careful writers and speakers need one in an age when seemingly anything goes even in
formal settings. The problem is which to use. The Penguin Dictionary may not be the best but is one of the easiest to
find and less expensive than many. It is also more than adequate for most purposes; nearly all traditional grammatical
and mechanical hang-ups are here, and Paul Lovinger goes out of his way to include many entries found in few or other
places. Quite a few are clearly pet peeves, but some are very useful. Unlike many usage dictionaries, especially older
ones, this also has invaluable guides to current problems such as how to avoid offending various groups. Some may
dismiss this as the kind of political correctness that does not belong in such a book, but Lovinger claims to value
grammatical over political correctness. His arguments for and explanations of his inclusions are at any rate convincing,
and like it or not, anyone writing today must deal with such issues. That said, the fact that this book is a decade old
means it is not quite up to date here - so fast do such things change. Far more important in any case is that the
entries are almost always remarkably clear. Unlike so many guides, this actually defines each concept and gives both
correct and incorrect examples; perhaps more importantly, it says why rules exist - when there is a reason - and why bad
examples are incorrect. Finally, Lovinger avoids the annoying over reliance on cross-references that plague so many
guides, though there may still be too many for some, and the alphabetical listing makes browsing easy. 						

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