A Dictionary of Contemporary American Usage, Volume 10

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Random House, 1957 - 567 pages
Lively and readable, this book provides clear answers to questions of grammar, word preferences, effective style, punctuation, idiomatic phrases, spelling and literally thousands of similar problems that arise frequently in the use of the English language.

Contents

Section 1
3
Section 2
79
Section 3
125
Section 4
212
Section 5
325
Section 6
326
Section 7
329
Section 8
350
Section 10
382
Section 11
399
Section 12
403
Section 13
442
Section 14
482
Section 15
544
Section 16
565
Copyright

Section 9
381

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