A TIMELINE OF BOOKS ON USAGE
What follows is a chronological list of more than 350 books making up the corpus of literature on English usage.
Some are dictionaries of usage; others are discursive treatments of the subject; still others have usage glossaries
within them. Even though some of the books have gone through multiple editions, only the date of each one’s
first appearance is given. (The one exception is H.W. Fowler’s Modern English Usage.) For those even vaguely
familiar with the corpus, it’s instructive to see the books arranged chronologically.
Omitted from the list are histories of the English language, pure grammar texts and rhetorics, and the general
run of books about writing well—the most helpful of which can be found in the Select Bibliography.
1758
Temple, Launcelot. Sketches: Or Essays on
Various Subjects. London: A. Millar.
Ward, John. Four Essays upon the English Language. London: Printed for
John Ward in Cornhill.
1762
Girard, Gabriel. A New Guide to Eloquence; Being a Treatise of the Proper
Distinctions to Be Observed Between
Words Reckoned Synonymous. London: James Pritchard.
Lowth. Short Introduction to English
Grammar. London: A. Millar & R.J.
Dodsley.
Priestley, Joseph. A Course of Lectures
on the Theory of Language and Universal Grammar. Warrington: W. Eyres.
1766
Trusler, John. The Difference Between
Words, Esteemed Synonymous, in the
English Language. London: J. Dodsley.
1770
Baker, Robert. Reflections on the English Language. London: J. Bell.
1786
Tooke, John Horne. Epea Ptoerenta,
or the Diversions of Purley. London:
J. Johnson.
1787
[Anon.] Exercises, Instructive and
Entertaining, in False English. Leeds:
J. Binns.
1789
Withers, Philip. Aristarchus, or The
Principles of Composition: Containing a Methodical Arrangement of the
Improprieties Frequent in Writing and
Conversation, with Select Rules for
Attaining to Purity and Elegance of
Expression. London: J. Moore.
1794
Piozzi, Hester Lynch. British Synonymy.
2 vols. London: G.G. & J. Robinson.
1798
Webster, Noah. A Letter to the Governors, Instructors and Trustees of the
Universities and Other Seminaries
of Learning, in the United States, on
the Errors of English Grammar. N.Y.:
George F. Hopkins.
1801
Irving, David. Elements of English Composition. London: R. Phillips.
Russel, William P. Multum in Parvo:
Or, a Display of More than a Thousand
Errors [etc.]. London.
1805
Perry, William. The Synonymous, Etymological, and Pronouncing English
Dictionary. London: John Walker,
Cuthell & Martin, Longman, et al.
1811
Murdoch, John. The Dictionary of Distinctions. London: C. Law.
1813
Taylor, William. English Synonyms Discriminated. London: W. Pople.
1816
Ussher, M.N. Synonymous Terms in the
English Language Explained. Dublin:
R. Coyne.
1817
[Anon.] The Grammatical Remembrancer. Huddersfield: Thomas
Smart.
1823
Banks, William. The English Master;
or Student’s Guide to Reasoning and
Composition. London: Longman,
Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown.
1825
[Anon.] The English Cratylus; or Essays
on Language, Grammar, and Composition. London: Baldwin, Craddock
& Joy.
1826
[Anon.] The Vulgarities of Speech Corrected, with Elegant Expressions for
Provincial and Vulgar English, Scots,
and Irish: For the Use of Those Who
Are Unacquainted with Grammar.
London: Privately printed.
925
1832
Emmons, Samuel B. The Grammatical
Instructor. Boston: Waitt & Dow.
1839
Webster, Noah. Observations on Language, and on the Errors of ClassBooks. New Haven: S. Babcock.
1841
Vesey, Francis. Decline of the English
Language: The Cause and Probable
Consequences. London: Saunders &
Benning.
1842
Hildreth, Ezekiel. Logopolis, or, City of
Words: Containing a Development of
the Science, Grammar, Syntax, Logic
and Rhetoric of the English Language.
Pittsburgh: A. Jaynes.
1846
Graham, G.F. English Synonymes Classified and Explained. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans.
1847
Hurd, Seth T. A Grammatical Corrector: Or, Vocabulary of the Common
Errors of Speech. Philadelphia: E.H.
Butler & Co.
1851
Trench, Richard Chenevix. On the
Study of Words. London: Macmillan
& Co.
1852
Gwynne, Parry. A Word to the Wise: Or,
Hints on the Current Improprieties of
Expression in Writing and Speaking.
London: Grant & Griffith.
1855
[Anon.] Never Too Late to Learn: Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking,
Writing, and Pronunciation, Corrected.
N.Y.: Daniel Burgess & Co.
[Anon.] The Schoolmaster at Home:
Errors in Speaking and Writing Corrected. London: James Cornish.
Fallows, Samuel. Discriminate: A Companion to “Don’t”: A Manual for Guidance in the Use of Correct Words and
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Phrases in Proper Speech. London:
Griffith, Farran, Okeden & Welsh.
Trench, Richard Chenevix. English,
Past and Present. London: Kegan Paul,
Trench, Trübner & Co.
1856
[Anon.] Live and Learn, or 1000 Mistakes Corrected: A Guide for All Who
Wish to Speak and Write Correctly.
N.Y.: Dick & Fitzgerald.
Peabody, Andrew. Conversation: Its
Faults and Graces. Boston: James
Munroe & Co.
1858
[Anon.] The Little Linguist: Or, a Complete Guide to English Philology. London: W.S. Johnson.
1859
Swinton, William. Rambles Among
Words. N.Y.: Scribner.
1860
[Anon.] The Age of Words and Phrases:
A Book for Persons Who Undervalue
Themselves and Overvalue Others.
Boston: Mudge & Son.
[Anon.] A Selection of English Synonyms. Boston: James Munroe & Co.
1864
Alford, Henry. A Plea for the Queen’s
English. London: Alexander Strahan.
Moon, George Washington. The Dean’s
English: A Criticism on the Dean of
Canterbury’s Essays on the Queen’s
English. London: Hatchard & Co.
1866
Gould, Edward S. Good English: Or,
Popular Errors in Language. N.Y.: W.J.
Widdleton.
1867
De Vere, Schele. Studies in English:
Glimpses of the Inner Life of Our Language. N.Y.: Charles Scribner & Co.
1868
Angus, Joseph. Hand-Book of the English Tongue. London: Religious Tract
Society.
Bache, Richard Meade. Vulgarisms and
Other Errors of Speech. Philadelphia:
Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger.
Moon, George Washington. The Bad
English of Lindley Murray and Other
Writers on the English Language: A
Series of Criticisms. London: Hatchard
& Co.
1869
Blackley, W.L. Word Gossip. London:
Longmans, Green & Co.
Graham, George Frederick. A Book
About Words. London: Longmans,
Green & Co.
Stormonth, James. The Handy English
Word Book. London & Edinburgh:
William P. Nimmo.
1870
White, Richard Grant. Words and Their
Uses, Past and Present. N.Y.: Sheldon
& Co.
1880
Raub, Albert N. Lessons in English.
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates.
White, Richard Grant. Every-Day English. Boston & N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
1871
Earle, John. The Philology of the English
Tongue. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Smith, C.J. Synonyms Discriminated: A
Complete Catalogue of Synonymous
Words in the English Language. N.Y.:
Scribner, Welford & Co.
1872
Drew, Benjamin. Pens and Types:
Or, Hints and Helps for Those Who
Write, Print, or Read. Boston: Lee &
Shepard.
Hall, Fitzedward. Recent Exemplifications of False Philology. N.Y.: Scribner,
Armstrong & Co.
1873
Hall, Fitzedward. Modern English. N.Y.:
Scribner, Armstrong & Co.
Larrabee, W.H.; and H.A. Buttz. Helps
to Speak and Write Correctly: More
than One Thousand Mistakes Corrected and Peculiarities of Language
Noted. N.Y.: N. Tibbals & Son.
1874
Bombaugh, C.C. Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest Fields of Literature. Philadelphia: Lippincott & Co.
Meredith, L.P. Every-Day Errors of
Speech. Philadelphia: Lippincott &
Co.
1875
Shelton, Edward. The Dictionary of
Every-Day Difficulties in Reading,
Writing, and Speaking the English Language. London: Ward, Lock & Tyler.
1876
Mathews, William. Words: Their Use
and Abuse. Chicago: S.C. Griggs &
Co.
1877
[Anon.] Discriminate, a Companion to
“Don’t”: A Manual for Guidance in the
Use of Correct Words and Phrases in
Ordinary Speech. N.Y.: D. Appleton
& Co.
Bryant, William Cullen. Index Expurgatorius. [Orig. unpublished, but
reprinted in Bernstein 1971.]
Hall, Fitzedward. On English Adjectives in -able, with Special Reference
to reliable. London: Trübner & Co.
1881
Ayres, Alfred. The Verbalist: A Manual
Devoted to Brief Discussions of the
Right and the Wrong Use of Words.
N.Y.: D. Appleton & Co.
Brewer, Ebenezer C. Errors of Speech
and of Spelling. London: Tegg & Co.
Hodgson, William B. Errors in the
Use of English. Edinburgh: David
Douglas.
1882
Griswold, William M. A Manual of
Misused Words. Bangor, Me.: Q.P.
Index Publishers.
Palmer, A. Smythe. Folk-Etymology:
A Dictionary of Verbal Corruptions or
Words Perverted in Form or Meaning,
by False Derivation or Mistaken Analogy. London: George Bell & Sons.
1883
Bardeen, C.W. Verbal Pitfalls. Syracuse:
C.W. Bardeen.
1884
[Anon.] Common Blunders in Writing and Speaking, and How to Avoid
Them. London: Ward, Lock & Co.
Bardeen, C.W. Outlines of SentenceMaking. N.Y.: A.S. Barnes & Co.
Bruce, Oliver Bell. Don’t: Or, Directions
for Avoiding Improprieties in Conduct
and Common Errors of Speech. Melbourne: E.W. Cole.
1885
[Anon.] Slipshod English in Polite Society: A Manual for the Educated but
Careless. London: Field & Tuer.
Ballard, Harlan H. Handbook of Blunders: Designed to Prevent 1,000 Common Blunders in Writing and Speaking.
Boston: Lee & Shepard.
1886
Strong, H.I. Exercises in False Syntax
and Other Forms of Bad English. 5th
ed. Toronto: Copp, Clark & Co. [1st
ed. unknown.]
Tibbals, Marion H. Many Mistakes
Mended, Containing Three Thousand
Corrections in Speaking, Pronouncing,
and Writing the English Language.
N.Y.: Tibbals Book Co.
A Timeline of Books on Usage 927
1887
LeRow, Caroline. English as She Is
Taught. N.Y.: Cassell & Co.
1888
Duncan, George P. How to Talk Correctly. London: William Nicholson &
Sons [n.d.; ca. 1888].
Long, J.H. Slips of Tongue and Pen. N.Y.:
D. Appleton & Co.
1889
[Anon.] Hints and Helps of English
Grammar. Cleveland: J.R. Holcomb
& Co.
1890
Earle, John. English Prose: Its Elements,
History, and Usage. London: Smith,
Elder & Co.
Molee, Elias. Pure Saxon English: Or,
Americans to the Front. Chicago:
Rand, McNally & Co.
Williams, R.O. Our Dictionaries and
Other English Language Topics. N.Y.:
Henry Holt & Co.
1891
Abbott, Edwin A.; and J.R. Seeley. English Lessons for English People. Boston: Roberts Bros.
Bradner, George W. Hints to the Wise
and Warnings to the Careless, or a Key
to English Vulgarisms. Oswego, N.Y.:
R.J. Oliphant.
Teall, F. Horace. The Compounding of
English Words. N.Y.: John Ireland.
1892
Johnson, Charles F. English Words: An
Elementary Study of Derivations. N.Y.:
Harper & Bros.
1893
Bechtel, John H. Practical Synonyms.
Philadelphia: Penn Pub. Co.
Kellogg, Brainerd; and Alonzo Reed.
The English Language. N.Y.: Maynard,
Merrill & Co.
Wheatley, Henry B. Literary Blunders.
London: Elliot Stock.
1895
Bechtel, John H. Slips of Speech: A Helpful Book for Every-One Who Aspires to
Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking and Writing. Philadelphia: Penn
Pub. Co.
Bugg, Lelia Hardin. Correct English. St.
Louis: B. Herder.
Tucker, Gilbert M. Our Common
Speech. N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Co.
1896
[Anon.] Essentials of English. Battle
Creek, Mich.: Ellis Pub. Co.
Fernald, James C. English Synonyms
and Antonyms: With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions. N.Y.: Funk &
Wagnalls Co.
1897
Anderson, Jessie Macmillan. A Study of
English Words. N.Y.: American Book
Co.
Palmer, George Herbert. Self-Cultivation
in English. N.Y.: Thomas Y. Crowell &
Co.
Raub, Albert N. Helps in the Use of
Good English. Philadelphia: Albert N.
Raub & Co.
Williams, Ralph Olmstead. Some Questions of Good English. N.Y.: Henry
Holt & Co.
1898
Clark, C.E. The Mistakes We Make.
London: C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd.
Compton, Alfred G. Some Common
Errors of Speech. N.Y.: G.P. Putnam’s
Sons.
1899
Peck, Harry Thurston. What Is Good
English? and Other Essays. N.Y.: Dodd,
Mead & Co.
1901
Clark, C.E. More Mistakes We Make.
London: Horace Marshall.
Greenough, James Bradstreet; and
George Lyman Kittredge. Words and
Their Ways in English Speech. N.Y.:
Macmillan & Co.
1902
Bell, Ralcy Husted. The Worth of Words.
N.Y.: Grafton Press.
Gradon, J.T. Mistakes in English Made
by Foreigners Studying the Language.
Strassburg: Karl J. Trübner.
Rine, George W. The Essentials of Our
Language: A Guide to Accuracy in the
Use of the English Language. Oakland:
Pacific Press Pub. Co.
1904
Fernald, James C. Connectives of English
Speech: The Correct Usage of Prepositions, Conjunctions, Relative Pronouns
and Adverbs Explained and Illustrated.
N.Y.: Funk & Wagnalls Co.
1905
Cody, Sherwin. Dictionary of Errors.
N.Y.: Funk & Wagnalls Co.
1906
Fowler, H.W.; and F.G. Fowler. The King’s
English. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Smith, C. Alphonso. Studies in English
Syntax. Boston: Ginn & Co.
Vizetelly, Frank H. A Desk-Book of
Errors in English. N.Y.: Funk & Wagnalls Co.
1907
Nesfield, J.C. Aids to the Study & Composition of English. London: Macmillan & Co.
1908
Foat, F.W.T. Grammatical English. London: Edward Arnold.
Lounsbury, Thomas R. The Standard of
Usage in English. N.Y.: Harper & Bros.
1909
Baker, Josephine Turck. Correct English
in the Home. Chicago: Correct English Pub. Co.
Baker, Josephine Turck. Correct English
in the School: Twelve Golden Helps.
Chicago: Correct English Pub. Co.
Bell, Ralcy Husted. The Changing Values of English Speech. N.Y.: Hinds,
Noble & Eldredge.
Bierce, Ambrose. Write It Right: A Little
Blacklist of Literary Faults. N.Y.: Walter Neale.
Fernald, James C. Better Say: A Book of
Helpful Suggestions for the Correct Use
of English Words and Phrases. N.Y.:
Funk & Wagnalls Co.
1910
Erskine, John; and Helen Erskine.
Written English: A Guide to the Rules
of Composition. N.Y.: Century Co.
1911
Fernald, James C. Helpful Hints in English. N.Y.: Funk & Wagnalls Co.
Payne, Gertrude. Everyday Errors in
Pronunciation, Spelling, and Spoken
English. San Francisco: Ricardo J.
Orozco.
1912
Orcutt, William Dana. The Writer’s
Desk Book. Norwood, Mass.: Frederick A. Stokes Co.
1913
[Anon.] Exercises in Practical Grammar.
Chicago: Metropolitan Text Book.
Manly, John Matthews; and John
Arthur Powell. A Manual for Writers.
Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press.
1914
Utter, Robert Palfrey. A Guide to Good
English. N.Y.: Harper & Bros.
1915
Baker, Josephine Turck. The Correct
Word: How to Use It. Evanston, Ill.:
Correct English Pub. Co.
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O’Neill, H.C., ed. A Guide to the English Language: Its History, Development, and Use. London: T.C. & E.C.
Jack, Ltd.
1916
Utter, Robert Palfrey. Everyday Words
and Their Uses. N.Y.: Harper & Bros.
1917
[Anon.] Faulty Diction as Corrected by
the Funk & Wagnalls New Standard
Dictionary of the English Language.
N.Y.: Funk & Wagnalls Co.
Hall, J. Lesslie. English Usage. Chicago:
Scott, Foresman & Co.
Hennesy, James A. The Dictionary of
Grammar. N.Y.: Funk & Wagnalls
Co.
MacCracken, H.N.; and Helen E. Sandison. Manual of Good English. N.Y.:
Macmillan & Co.
1918
Fernald, James C. Expressive English.
N.Y.: Funk & Wagnalls Co.
1919
Bradley, Henry. On the Relations
Between Spoken and Written Language. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
1920
Hartley, Charles. Everyone’s Handbook
of Common Blunders: Speaking and
Writing Corrected and Explained. London: Henry Drake [n.d.; ca. 1920].
Vizetelly, Frank H. Mend Your Speech.
N.Y.: Funk & Wagnalls Co.
1921
Canby, Henry Seidel; and John Baker
Opdycke. Good English. N.Y.: Macmillan & Co.
Carr, Edwin Hamlin. Putnam’s Minutea-Day English. N.Y.: G.P. Putnam’s
Sons.
Potter, Milton C.; H. Jeschke; and Harry
O. Gillet. Oral and Written English.
Boston: Ginn & Co.
Tucker, Gilbert M. American English.
N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf.
1922
Alexander, Henry. Common Faults in
Writing English. London: T.C. & E.C.
Jack, Ltd.
Hanna, O.M.; and Joseph F. Taylor.
1600 Drill Exercises in Corrective English. N.Y.: Noble & Noble, Inc.
Matthews, Brander. Essays on English.
N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons.
Vizetelly, Frank H. S.O.S.: Slips of
Speech. N.Y.: Funk & Wagnalls Co.
Weseen, Maurice H. Everyday Uses
of English. N.Y.: Thomas Y. Crowell
Co.
1923
Carew, Paul T. The Art of Phrasing in
Composition. Boston: Stratford Co.
Lea, John W. Notes from a Proofreader’s
Diary. Philadelphia: By the author.
Manly, John Matthews; and Edith Rickert. The Writer’s Index of Good Form
and Good English. N.Y.: Henry Holt
& Co.
1924
Bell, Ralcy Husted. The Mystery of
Words. N.Y.: Hinds, Hayden &
Eldredge.
Mason, W.L. Troublesome Words and
How to Use Them. N.Y.: A.L. Burt Co.
O’London, John. Is It Good English?
London: George Newnes Ltd.
1925
Herd, Harold. Everyday Word Traps.
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd.
Pearsall Smith, Logan. Words and Idioms: Studies in the English Language.
London: Constable & Co.
1926
Fowler, H.W. A Dictionary of Modern
English Usage. Oxford: Clarendon
Press.
House, Homer C.; and Susan Emolyn
Harman. Handbook of Correct English
for College Classes. N.Y.: Longmans,
Green & Co.
Lurie, Charles N. How to Say It: Helpful
Hints on English. N.Y.: G.P. Putnam’s
Sons.
Mawson, C.O. Sylvester. Style-Book for
Writers and Editors. N.Y.: Thomas Y.
Crowell Co.
Orcutt, William Dana. The Desk Reference Book. N.Y.: Frederick A. Stokes
Co.
1927
Hadida, Sophie C. Pitfalls in English
and How to Avoid Them. N.Y.: G.P.
Putnam’s Sons.
Henderson, B.L.K. Chats About Our
Mother Tongue. London: Macdonald
& Evans.
Krapp, George Philip. A Comprehensive
Guide to Good English. N.Y.: Rand
McNally & Co.
1928
Eichler, Lillian. Well-Bred English. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran &
Co.
Foley, Louis. Beneath the Crust of
Words. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State
Univ. Press.
I.C.S. Staff. Composition and ProofReading. Scranton, Pa.: Int’l Textbook
Co.
Weseen, Maurice H. Crowell’s Dictionary of English Grammar and
Handbook of American Usage. N.Y.:
Thomas Y. Crowell Co.
1929
Leonard, Sterling Andrus. The Doctrine of Correctness in English Usage:
1700–1800. Madison: Univ. of Wisconsin Press.
1930
Howell, A.C. A Handbook of English in
Engineering Usage. N.Y.: John Wiley
& Sons.
1931
Anderson, Charles B. Common Errors
in English Corrected. N.Y.: D. Van
Nostrand Co.
Blount, Alma; and Clark S. Northup.
Grammar and Usage. N.Y.: PrenticeHall, Inc.
Haberstroh, E.F. How to Speak Good
English. Racine, Wis.: Whitman Pub.
Co.
Weekley, Ernest. Cruelty to Words; or,
First Aid for the Best-Seller. N.Y.: E.P.
Dutton & Co.
1932
Leonard, Sterling Andrus. Current English Usage. Chicago: Inland Press.
1933
Cody, Sherwin. The New Art of Writing & Speaking the English Language.
N.Y.: Sun Dial Press, Inc.
Vizetelly, Frank H. How to Use English:
A Guide to Correct Speech and Writing. N.Y.: Funk & Wagnalls Co.
1934
Woods, George B. A Guide to Good
English for College Students. Garden
City: Doubleday, Doran & Co.
1935
Herbert, A.P. What a Word! Garden
City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Co.
Horwill, H.W. A Dictionary of Modern
American Usage. London: Clarendon
Press.
Kennedy, Arthur G. Current English:
A Study of Present-Day Usages and
Tendencies, Including Pronunciation,
Spelling, Grammatical Practice, Word
Coining, and the Shifting of Meanings.
Boston: Ginn & Co.
Weseen, Maurice H. Words Confused
and Misused. London: Pitman & Sons.
1936
Davis, C. Rexford. Toward Correct English. N.Y.: Appleton-Century-Crofts,
Inc.
Pocock, Guy N. Brush Up Your Own
Language. Philadelphia: David McKay
Co.
A Timeline of Books on Usage 929
Treble, H.A.; and G.H. Vallins. An
A.B.C. of English Usage. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Weekley, Ernest. Something About
Words. N.Y.: E.P. Dutton & Co.
1937
Carr, Muriel B.; and John W. Clark. An
ABC of Idiom and Diction. N.Y.: Farrar Straus & Giroux.
1938
Allen, Edward Frank. How to Write
and Speak Effective English: A Modern Guide to Good Form. Cleveland:
World Syndicate Pub. Co.
Lloyd, Charles Allen. We Who Speak
English, and Our Ignorance of Our
Mother Tongue. N.Y.: Thomas Y.
Crowell Co.
Marckwardt, Albert H.; and Fred
Walcott. Facts About Current English Usage. N.Y.: Appleton-CenturyCrofts, Inc.
Palmer, Harold E. A Grammar of English Words. London: Longmans,
Green & Co.
Thornton, G.H. Teach Yourself Good
English. London: English Univs. Press.
Weston, W.J. Using the King’s English.
London: Pitman & Sons.
1939
Hixson, Jerome C.; and I. Colodny.
Word Ways: A Study of Our Living
Language. N.Y.: American Book Co.
Walsh, J. Martyn; and Anna Kathleen Walsh. Plain English Handbook.
Wichita, Kan.: McCormick-Mathers
Pub. Co.
Whitten, Wilfred; and Frank Whitaker. Good and Bad English: A Guide
to Speaking and Writing. London:
George Newnes Ltd.
Thomas, Charles Swain. Your Mastery
of English. N.Y.: P.F. Collier & Son.
1942
Haber, Tom B. A Writer’s Handbook
of American Usage. N.Y.: Longmans,
Green & Co.
Kennedy, Arthur G. English Usage: A
Study in Policy and Procedure. N.Y.:
D. Appleton-Century Co.
Partridge, Eric. Usage and Abusage: A
Guide to Good English. N.Y.: Harper
& Bros.
Perrin, Porter G. Writer’s Guide and
Index to English. Chicago: Scott,
Foresman & Co.
Webster’s Dictionary of Synonyms: A
Dictionary of Discriminated Synonyms. Springfield, Mass.: G. & C.
Merriam Co.
1943
Canby, Henry Seidel; and John Baker
Opdycke. Handbook of English Usage.
N.Y.: Macmillan Co.
Witherspoon, Alexander M. Common
Errors in English and How to Avoid
Them. N.Y.: New Home Library.
1944
Colby, Frank. The Practical Handbook
of Better English. N.Y.: Grosset &
Dunlap.
McIntosh, John Ranton. Learning by
Exposure to Wrong Forms in Grammar
and Spelling. N.Y.: Teachers College,
Columbia Univ.
Opdycke, John Baker. Say What You
Mean: Everyman’s Guide to Diction and
Grammar. N.Y.: Funk & Wagnalls Co.
Pence, Raymond W. Style Book in English. N.Y.: Odyssey Press.
Wood, Clement. More Power to Your
Words! N.Y.: Prentice-Hall, Inc.
1940
Bryant, Margaret M.; and Janet Rankin
Aiken. Psychology of English. N.Y.:
Columbia Univ. Press.
McElfresh, G.E.; and E.C. Ingalls.
Everyday English. N.Y.: Thomas Nelson & Sons.
Stratton, Clarence. Handbook of English. N.Y.: McGraw-Hill Book Co.
Teall, Edward N. Putting Words to
Work. N.Y.: D. Appleton-Century Co.
1945
Brown, Ivor. A Word in Your Ear and
Just Another Word. N.Y.: E.P. Dutton
& Co.
Jowett, W.P. Chatting About English.
London & N.Y.: Longmans, Green &
Co.
1941
Jordan, Archibald C. Everyday Grammar: A Guide to Good Usage. Cleveland & N.Y.: World Pub. Co.
Kilduff, Edward Jones. Words and
Human Nature: How to Choose and Use
Effective Words. N.Y.: Harper & Bros.
Opdycke, John Baker. Get It Right!: A
Cyclopedia of Correct English Usage.
N.Y.: Funk & Wagnalls Co.
1947
Thompson, Newton. A Handy Guide
for Writers. St. Louis: B. Herder Book
Co.
Whyte, Adam Gowans. Anthology of
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