English usage

Fowler H. W., revised by Robert W. Burchfield. New Fowler s Modern English Usage (New York Oxford University Press, 2000). 

Castley, Anna, Practical Spelling The Bad Speller s Guide to Getting It Right Every Time (LearningExpress, 1998) Fowler, H.W., revised by Robert W. Burchfield, The New Fowler s Modern English Usage, 3rd Edition (Oxford University Press, 2005)... 

Common Errors in English, by Paul Brians, Professor of English at Washington State University, is a thorough and easy-to-use site. William, James Co. has published a book based on this site titled Common Errors in English Usage. 

Wired Style Principles of English Usage in the Digital Age hy Constance Hale, New York Broadway Books. 

The American Heritage Book of English Usage (Houghton Mifflin)... 

Is English usage and grammar adequate Some reviewers may be inclined to edit or annotate the manuscript. However, reviews are more valuable to editors if reviewers mention that there are problems with the English and concentrate on evaluating the data and its interpretation. 

Bernstein, T. M. The Careful Writer A Modem Guide to English Usage The Free Press New York, 1998. 

Berry, T. E. The Most Common Mistakes in English Usage McGraw-Hill New York, 1971. 

H. W. Fowler, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage, 2d ed., Oxford University Press, New York (1983) [Slightly dated but a classic that is still in print.]... 

Pastilles A form of lozenge, particularly those which are chocolate flavored (see Lozenges)-, also, combustible cones of aromatic drugs used for fumigation (see Cones). The term came into English usage around 1650 from the French pastille, which was derived from the Latin pastillus, meaning little loaf. ... 

Webster s Standard American Style Manual Merriam-Webster Springfield, MA, 1985. Wired Style Principles of English Usage in the Digital Age Hale, Constance, Ed. Hard-Wired San Francisco, CA, 1996. 

Amorce is a French word that means cap, primer, detonator, or fuse, terms that differ from the English usage of amorce used to describe the toy caps used in toy pistols or thrown down sharply in play. They contain extremely small quantities (around Img) of shock sensitive explosive mixtures of potassium chlorate and arsenic monosulphide or silver fulminate. Trick matches are toys that are extremely difficult to blow out. 

Burchfield, R.W. (1998) The New Fowler s Modem English Usage, revised 3rd edition, Clarendon Press, Oxford, p. 371. Explains why we prefer electrooptic. 

Note Despite the conceptual difference between production and manufacturing, in English usage, the term manufacturing system addresses a complete enterprise or a group of enterprises, an individual production department (e.g., foundry, turnery), or even a single work station (CIRP Dictionary of Production Engineering 2004). 

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