Sentence examples for usage manual from inspiring English sources
Any usage manual is bound to seem antique after seventy-five years.
After the historical overview, "Making the Point" shifts gears: it becomes equal parts practicum and commentary, usage manual and style guide.
The review of the usage manual for Net communication seems to say that the dialect of the Internet will probably remain there, with little effect on standard American English ("Capturing Netspeak, but Not Reining It In," March 9).
Language pedants hew to an oral tradition of shibboleths that have no basis in logic or style, that have been defied by great writers for centuries, and that have been disavowed by every thoughtful usage manual.
In any case, every style and usage manual agrees that a comma is necessary after "Iowa," just as you would need the second comma in this sentence: "I was married to my wife, Allison, in 1989".
But amazingly, Johnson's own German usage manual recommends zombie noun phrases ("upon entry into the garage") over relative clauses like "those who enter the garage", saying that this represents more authentic formal German.
One bookcase in my home contains nothing but dictionaries, word books and usage manuals.
Prof Liberman and the commenters have a roundup of the usage manuals that prescribe this false rule.
(Two years ago, Muhly collaborated with Kalman on a whimsical operatic interpretation of "The Elements of Style," the language-usage manual, which was performed in the Rose Main Reading Room, at the New York Public Library).
The advisory messages of these situations can be classified into driving style, anticipatory driving, operational level and usage of manual gearbox.
