{"product_id":"modern-american-usage-9780809001392","title":"Modern American Usage","description":"\u003cp\u003eA classic since its first edition in 1966, \u003ci\u003eModern American Usage\u003c\/i\u003e has been called a book that \"every literate American ought to read.\" Now fully revised and brought up-to-date, this one-volume course in good writing brims with helpful answers--large and small--for readers who want to use English clearly, naturally, and correctly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlphabetical for easy consulting (and full of cross-references), the book carries the reader to the entry that explains a troublesome word or phrase--and shows how to use or avoid it. Every page offers natural ways to avoid saying or writing the vague, the long-winded, the needlessly technical, and the hopelessly stale. With verve and eloquence, Erik Wensberg spears the empty words that clog clear thought--\"impact,\" \"frustrated,\" \"basically,\" and many more--and offers us good English words that are definite and have more life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffering standards by which to judge language now and in the future, Modern American Usage takes account of a generation of changes in American idiom and of attempts to reform the use of pronouns, titles, and phrases to fit shifting ideals of social justice. All this it does with easy learning and with sympathy alike for the experienced writer and for those who come new to American English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilson Follett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.52w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780809001392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilson Follett \u003c\/b\u003e(1887-1963) is best known for his classic book on the American English language, \u003ci\u003eModern American Usage\u003c\/i\u003e. Left uncompleted upon his death, the book was edited and finished by Jacques Barzun. Follett also published a novel, \u003ci\u003eNo More Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, and edited the twelve-volume \u003ci\u003eThe Work of Stephen Crane\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eErik Wensberg \u003c\/b\u003ehas worked as an editor at\u003ci\u003e Esquire \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and has taught nonfiction writing at Columbia University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Strauss \u0026 Giroux-3pl","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40779921358963,"sku":"9.78081E+12","price":33.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_9603f4e9-f885-4775-9af1-1643f82a9fd4.jpg?v=1680618334","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/modern-american-usage-9780809001392","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}