Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English

An updated edition of a useful, entertaining guide to picking the right words (and avoiding the wrong ones). Which is preferred - nom de plume, pseudonym, or pen name? What are neologisms, disguised conjunctions, and fused participles? Language enters into almost every part of human life and yet it is all too often misused: directness and clarity disappear in a whirl of clichés, euphemisms, and wooliness of expression. Janet Whitcut has revised Eric Partridge's popular reference book to ref...