The Columbia Guide to Standard American English

The Columbia Guide to Standard American English provides the answers to questions about American English the way no other guide can with:
* an A-Z format for quick reference;
* over five thousand entries, more than any other usage book;
* sensible and useful advice based on the most current linguistic research;
* a convenient chart of levels of speech and writing geared to context;
* both descriptive and prescriptive entries for guidance;
* guidelines for nonsexist usage;
* individual entries for all language terms.
A vibrant description of how our language is being spoken and written at the end of the twentieth century―and how we ourselves can use it most effectively―The Columbia Guide to Standard American English is the ideal handbook to language etiquette: friendly, sensible, and reliable.