This is a handy A-Z guide to the way Canadians use the English language. Numerous examples drawn from published sources illustrate the nuances of usage and clarify distinctions between confusable words.
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"The compilers provide an engaging introduction--at once instructive, eloquent, and balanced--and enhance the volume with numerous cross-references, appendixes, and a glossary. Destined to become the Canadian Fowler....Highly recommended for all reference collections."--Choice
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Margery Fee, Professor of English, University of British Columbia. Janice McAlpine, Former Unit Director of the Strathy Language Unit, Queen's University.
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A precedes words that begin with a consonant and an precedes those that begin with a vowel. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
most usage guides, many usage guides, usage commentators, usual past participle, zero adverbs, newspaper style guides, usual past tense, notional agreement, formal synonym, dian writing, language commentators, disputed usage, recommended spelling, mal writing, accepted plural, disputed construction, dian writers, more common spelling, usage experts, attributive nouns, commentators object, double possessive, verb that follows, accepted spelling, usual spelling Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Vancouver Sun, Ottawa Citizen, Toronto Star, Queen's Quarterly, Calgary Herald, United States, Robertson Davies, Canadian English, Financial Post, Daily News, Margaret Atwood Second Words, British English, Canadian Fiction Magazine, Brym The Social Condition of Humanity, North America, The Penguin Guide, Alan Tucker, Margaret Atwood Life Before Man, Frederick Gibson Queen's University, Northrop Frye The Bush Garden, Jack Chambers Milestones, Ken Dryden The Game, British Columbia, Fugitive Slave, Nova Scotia New!
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A precedes words that begin with a consonant and an precedes those that begin with a vowel. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
most usage guides, many usage guides, usage commentators, usual past participle, zero adverbs, newspaper style guides, usual past tense, notional agreement, formal synonym, dian writing, language commentators, disputed usage, recommended spelling, mal writing, accepted plural, disputed construction, dian writers, more common spelling, usage experts, attributive nouns, commentators object, double possessive, verb that follows, accepted spelling, usual spelling Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Vancouver Sun, Ottawa Citizen, Toronto Star, Queen's Quarterly, Calgary Herald, United States, Robertson Davies, Canadian English, Financial Post, Daily News, Margaret Atwood Second Words, British English, Canadian Fiction Magazine, Brym The Social Condition of Humanity, North America, The Penguin Guide, Alan Tucker, Margaret Atwood Life Before Man, Frederick Gibson Queen's University, Northrop Frye The Bush Garden, Jack Chambers Milestones, Ken Dryden The Game, British Columbia, Fugitive Slave, Nova Scotia New!
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