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  <default_description>A critically acclaimed guide to English usage. Includes more than 2,300 entries presenting the history, analysis, and recommendations regarding noted usage controversies. Entries are illustrated with more than 20,000 quotations from prominent writers.</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[I would recommend this book to anyone who does a lot of writing. It has excellent, well-researched advice on the proper usage of a number of English words and phrases. It is very &quot;descriptivist&quot; -- that is, rather than simply deferring to an expert's opinion, the researchers actually searc...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3147680">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you aren't familiar with this book (which, BTW, is quite droll), there's a very high probability that you are the under the sway of some very priggish ideas about English usage. Free yer mind.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I originally read this book for fun and education. I keep it on hand for a reference.]]></body>
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