The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style

adjective adverb AmE and BrE American appears Austin American-Statesman avoid BACK-FORMATION become better Boston Globe called cause century Chicago Trib Chron clause comma common commonly confused connotations considered contexts correct COUNT NOUNS course DANGLERS denotes Dictionary distinction E.B. White English Ernest Gowers error example formal frequently glish grammar H.W. Fowler HYPERCORRECTION hyphenated idiom IRREGULAR VERBS language Latin less logical MALAPROPISM mark MASS NOUNS means ment MEU1 MISCUE misspelled modern N.Y. Newsday NEEDLESS VARIANT Newsday Newsweek occasionally occurs omit passive past participle past tense person PHRASAL ADJECTIVES PHRASAL VERBS phrase political possessive possible revision Post preposition problem pronoun pronunciation prose quotation readers redundant reference sense sentence SEXISM singular sion sometimes misused sound speakers speech style suffix syllable T]he tence term thing tion tive USA Today usage usually variant form writers