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Garner's Modern American Usage Bryan A. Garner
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

The third edition of Garner's Modern American Usage reflects several new practices. Garner's Modern American Usage Common Errors in English Usage · Grammar Snobs Are . A Dictionary of Modern American Usage [Bryan A. €�Media” as a mass noun, taking a singular the way “furniture” does, has reached Stage 5 on the Language-Change Index, Bryan A. Forum Home > Wordorigins.org Discussion Forums > General Discussion > Thread. Try Garner's as a Reference for Grammar and Usage For all of those reasons, for American memoir writing I like a usage guide that's not on everyone's radar: Garner's American Usage. Garner's Modern American Usage says, meaning it is completely proper English. Garner's Modern American Usage. A Dictionary Modern American Usage by H. Revised and edited by Sir Ernest Gowers. Since first appearing in 1998, Garner's Modern American Usage has established itself as the preeminent guide to the effective use of the English language. I recently attended a Bryan Garner CLE (Continuing Legal Education) called Advanced Legal Writing, and I LOVED it. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1965. But unlike those references, which gauge each case as right or wrong, Garner's Modern American Usage includes the immensely helpful and sensible “Garner's Language-Change Index,” a five-stage continuum of acceptability ranging from unacceptable to commonly preferred. I adhere to The Chicago Manuel of Style 16th edition, Garner's Modern American Usage, The Little Brown Handbook, and the New Oxford American Dictionary. Here is some support from Garner's Modern American Usage: If a sentence has two or more singular subjects connected by and, use a plural verb. Invariably inferior forms, for example, are now marked with asterisks preceding the term or phrase, a marking common in linguistics. The first edition was published in 1998 as A Dictionary of Modern American Usage. Garner.s.Modern.American.Usage.pdf. He's such a pretentious asshole, but he seriously knows his shit. So while it's not Standard American English, I contend that "where at" and "where to" are not grammatically incorrect.