Guide to Canadian English usage / Margery Fee & Janice McAlpine.

Guide to Canadian English usage / Margery Fee & Janice McAlpine.

Alternate Title
Oxford guide to Canadian English usage

By
Fee, Margery, 1948-

Publication Date
2007

Publication Information
Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press,

Edition
2nd ed.

Physical Description
658 p.

Subject Term
English language -- Canada -- Usage -- Dictionaries.
 
Canadianisms -- Dictionaries.

Additional Contributors
McAlpine, Janice.

Summary
From the indefinite article to zoology, alphabetically arranged entries clarify issues of word choice, punctuation, spelling, and abbreviation. Throughout it offers guidance on Canadianisms, confusibles, difficult expressions, First Nation names, foreign phrases, grammar, inclusive language, punctuation, spelling, and troublesome pronunciations. Each entry explains the problem at hand, outlines a range of prescriptions, and then either recommends a particular usage or reviews the alternatives from which the now-informed reader can choose. All entries feature a wide range of fascinating quotations from Canadian sources.

Language
English

ISBN
9780195426021


LibraryCollectionCollectionCall NumberStatus
Gander (GGR)Adult NFic RefAdult Non-Fiction Reference428 F32NonCirculating
Labrador City (LLC) M. ButtAdult NFic RefAdult Non-Fiction Reference428 F32NonCirculating
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH)Adult NFic LiteracyAdult Non-Fiction Literacy428 F32Checked In