Garner's Modern English Usage 1.33

Highly acclaimed in its four print editions, Bryan A. Garner's Garner's Modern English Usage is now conveniently accessible on your iPhone and iPad. This comprehensive reference tool comprises over 8,000 entries and essays that epitomize usage lexicography at its highest standard. Tailored for mobile users, Garner's Modern English Usage offers a searchable, effortlessly navigable interface, and is entirely citable.

Described as the most engaging and compelling reference work for writers in contemporary times, Garner's Modern English Usage blends enjoyment with guidance on crafting skillful, persuasive, and vivid prose. Garner strikes a balance in English usage by steering clear of the rigid "purists" who consider split infinitives and sentence-ending prepositions as errors, as well as the linguistic relativists who advocate for universal acceptance of all forms of language.

The assessments presented in this resource are not simply products of a lifetime of study but are also underpinned by empirical evidence drawn from the most extensive linguistic corpora ever available. Utilizing big data, Garner includes ratios of standard terms when compared to variations found in modern print sources. This makes Garner's Modern English Usage the most comprehensive, dependable, and empirically supported guide to present-day English usage.

If your focus lies in writing and editing, Garner's Modern English Usage will be an invaluable asset to you. By providing real examples, meticulously referenced with chapter and verse, the resource highlights common linguistic errors that contemporary writers and speakers often make in terms of word selection, syntax, phrasing, punctuation, and pronunciation. Regardless of your existing knowledge level, each entry in this tool is bound to offer new insights.

FEATURES

• Easy-to-use search tools for effortless word look-up
• Voice search functionality for hands-free browsing
• Citable text
• Favorites feature enabling custom lists creation
• Usage quizzes challenging your knowledge with questions crafted by Bryan Garner himself