A dictionary of contemporary American usage by Bergen Evans

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First Published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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My edition is a little out of date 1957 as opposed to 2008, but I still find it useful when I want to be explicit. I often use this book in conjunction with one of my many Thesauruses’ when I need a more detailed explanation of how a word is used.

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Genres: Reference, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 427.9 — Language English & Old English languages Historical and geographic variations, modern nongeographic variations of English Geographic variations
LCC: PE2835 .E84 — Language and Literature English language English Dialects. Provincialisms, etc.
BISAC: MUS MUSIC General
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A dictionary of contemporary American usage

by Bergen Evans, Cornelia Evans

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