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Usage and Style
Chicago Manual of Style (16th edition). 2010. University of Chicago Press. US.
Comprehensive and authoritative.
Garner, Bryan. Garner’s Modern American Usage (3rd edition). Oxford
University Press. 2009. US. Garner’s work is superb, but conservative. The
April 2016 edition of the book has been renamed Garner’s Modern English
Usage.
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage. Merriam-Webster. 1994. US.
Despite its age, this usage manual is held in high regard because it does away
with the false rules, invented bugaboos, and elitist shaming that plague so
many other usage guides. It’s a very good balance and complement to Garner
(previous).
New Oxford Style Manual. Oxford University Press. 2012. UK. Includes the title
formerly known as New Hart’s Rules, with the addition of the Oxford
Dictionary for Writers and Editors. Thorough and no-nonsense.
Purdue OWL. owl.english.purdue.edu/owl. US. This is a comprehensive and
completely free website with excellent advice and help for writers at all
levels.
Swan, Michael. Swan’s Practical English Usage (3rd edition). Oxford
University Press. 2005. UK. A particularly good choice for those learning
English.
Other
Shapiro, Fred. The Yale Book of Quotations. Yale University Press. 2006. This
book is on its way to supplanting all other English-language books of
