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44 relations: American English, British English, British Expeditionary Force (World War I), Cliché, Corpus linguistics, David Crystal, Dedication, Didacticism, E. B. White, Elegant variation, English plurals, English usage controversies, Ernest Gowers, False scent, Francis George Fowler, Henry Watson Fowler, Homonym, Inversion (linguistics), Language for specific purposes dictionary, List of narrative techniques, Lucian, Merriam–Webster's Dictionary of English Usage, Michael Swan (writer), Oxford University Press, Pam Peters, Practical English Usage, Preposition and postposition, Robert Allen (lexicographer), Robert Burchfield, Split infinitive, Style guide, Synonym, The Cambridge Guide to English Usage, The Chicago Manual of Style, The Complete Plain Words, The Elements of Style, The King's English, Title page, Tuberculosis, Usage, Welsh rarebit, William Strunk Jr., World War I, Yale University Press.
American English
American English (AmE, AE, AmEng, USEng, en-US), sometimes called United States English or U.S. English, is the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States.
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British English
British English is the standard dialect of English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom.
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British Expeditionary Force (World War I)
The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was the British Army sent to the Western Front during the First World War.
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Cliché
A cliché or cliche is an expression, idea, or element of an artistic work which has become overused to the point of losing its original meaning or effect, even to the point of being trite or irritating, especially when at some earlier time it was considered meaningful or novel.
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Corpus linguistics
Corpus linguistics is the study of language as expressed in corpora (bodies) of "real world" text.
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David Crystal
David Crystal, (born 6 July 1941) is a British linguist, academic and author.
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Dedication
Dedication is the act of consecrating an altar, temple, church, or other sacred building.
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Didacticism
Didacticism is a philosophy that emphasizes instructional and informative qualities in literature and other types of art.
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E. B. White
Elwyn Brooks White (July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985) was an American writer and a world federalist.
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Elegant variation
Elegant variation is the unnecessary and sometimes misleading use of synonyms to denote a single thing.
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English plurals
English nouns are inflected for grammatical number, meaning that if they are of the countable type, they generally have different forms for singular and plural.
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English usage controversies
In the English language, there are grammatical constructions that many native speakers use unquestioningly yet certain writers call incorrect.
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Ernest Gowers
Sir Ernest Arthur Gowers (2 June 1880 – 16 April 1966) is best remembered for his book Plain Words, first published in 1948, and for his revision of Fowler's Modern English Usage.
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False scent
A false scent or false trail is an incorrect scent which may mislead an animal which hunts by smell, especially a hound.
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Francis George Fowler
Francis George Fowler (1871–1918), familiarly known as F. G. Fowler and sometimes Frank Fowler, was an English writer on English language, grammar and usage.
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Henry Watson Fowler
Henry Watson Fowler (10 March 1858 – 26 December 1933) was an English schoolmaster, lexicographer and commentator on the usage of the English language.
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Homonym
In linguistics, homonyms, broadly defined, are words which sound alike or are spelled alike, but have different meanings.
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Inversion (linguistics)
In linguistics, inversion is any of several grammatical constructions where two expressions switch their canonical order of appearance, that is, they invert.
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Language for specific purposes dictionary
A language for specific purposes dictionary is a reference work which defines the specialised vocabulary used by experts within a particular field, for example, architecture.
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List of narrative techniques
A narrative technique (also known more narrowly for literary fictional narratives as a literary technique, literary device, or fictional device) is any of several specific methods the creator of a narrative uses to convey what they want—in other words, a strategy used in the making of a narrative to relay information to the audience and, particularly, to "develop" the narrative, usually in order to make it more complete, complicated, or interesting.
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Lucian
Lucian of Samosata (125 AD – after 180 AD) was a Hellenized Syrian satirist and rhetorician who is best known for his characteristic tongue-in-cheek style, with which he frequently ridiculed superstition, religious practices, and belief in the paranormal.
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Merriam–Webster's Dictionary of English Usage
Merriam–Webster's Dictionary of English Usage is a usage dictionary published by Merriam-Webster, Inc., of Springfield, Massachusetts.
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Michael Swan (writer)
Michael Swan is a writer of English language teaching and reference materials.
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Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.
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Pam Peters
Pamela Hardy Peters (born 28 March 1942) is an Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
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Practical English Usage
Practical English Usage is a standard reference book aimed at foreign learners of English and their teachers written by Michael Swan.
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Preposition and postposition
Prepositions and postpositions, together called adpositions (or broadly, in English, simply prepositions), are a class of words used to express spatial or temporal relations (in, under, towards, before) or mark various semantic roles (of, for).
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Robert Allen (lexicographer)
Robert E. Allen (born 1944) is a British lexicographer who has written, edited, and published a wide range of books about the English language.
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Robert Burchfield
Robert William Burchfield CNZM, CBE (27 January 1923 – 5 July 2004) was a lexicographer, scholar, and writer, who edited the Oxford English Dictionary for thirty years to 1986, and was Chief Editor from 1971.
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Split infinitive
In the English language, a split infinitive or cleft infinitive is a grammatical construction in which a word or phrase comes between the to and the bare infinitive of the to form of the infinitive verb.
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Style guide
A style guide (or manual of style) is a set of standards for the writing and design of documents, either for general use or for a specific publication, organization, or field.
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Synonym
A synonym is a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language.
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The Cambridge Guide to English Usage
The Cambridge Guide to English Usage by Pam Peters is a usage dictionary, giving an up-to-date account of the debatable issues of English usage and written style.
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The Chicago Manual of Style
The Chicago Manual of Style (abbreviated in writing as CMOS or CMS, or sometimes as Chicago) is a style guide for American English published since 1906 by the University of Chicago Press.
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The Complete Plain Words
The Complete Plain Words, titled simply Plain Words in its 2014 revision, is a style guide written by Sir Ernest Gowers, published in 1954.
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The Elements of Style
The Elements of Style is a prescriptive American English writing style guide in numerous editions.
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The King's English
The King's English is a book on English usage and grammar.
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Title page
The title page of a book, thesis or other written work is the page at or near the front which displays its title, subtitle, author, publisher, and edition.
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Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB).
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Usage
Usage is the manner in which written and spoken language is used, the "points of grammar, syntax, style, and the choice of words", and "the way in which a word or phrase is normally and correctly used".
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Welsh rarebit
Welsh rarebit (spelling based on folk etymology) or Welsh rabbit (original spelling) is a dish made with a savoury sauce of melted cheese and various other ingredients and served hot, after being poured over slices (or other pieces) of toasted bread, or the hot cheese sauce may be served in a chafing dish like a fondue, accompanied by sliced, toasted bread.
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William Strunk Jr.
William Strunk Jr. (July 1, 1869 – September 26, 1946) was an American professor of English at Cornell University and author of The Elements of Style (1918).
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World War I
World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.
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Yale University Press
Yale University Press is a university press associated with Yale University.
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References
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