... Ernest Gowers, Oxford, 1965)
NEB The New English Bible (Oxford and Cambridge, 1970)
ODWE The Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors (Oxford, 1981)
OED The OxfordEnglish Dictionary (Oxford, 1933) ... Concise Oxford Dictionary (edn. 7, Oxford, 1982)
Hart's Rules.
Hart's Rules for Compositors and Readers (edn. 39, Oxford, 1983)
MEU H. W. Fowler, A Dictionary of Modern EnglishUsage ... a, e.g. a
historic occasion, a hotel.
° The older usage was not to pronounce h and to write an, but this is now
almost obsolete.
B. Before capital letter abbreviations.
Be guided by the...
... and -ible” in topic 1.3;
“ae and oe” in topic 1.4;
“-ce or -se” in topic 1.14;
“doubling of final consonant” in topic 1.16;
“dropping of silent -e” in topic 1.17;
“hyphens” in topic 1.27; ...
“l and ll” in topic 1.32;
“-oul-” in topic 1.36;
“-our or -or” in topic 1.37;
“past of verbs, formation of” in topic 1.38;
“-re or -er” in topic 1.41;
“-xion or -ction” in topic 1.45;
“-yse ... potatoes
= shouts of “bravo!”) heroes salvoes (= discharges salvos
buffaloes innuendoes = reservations, excuses)
calicoes mangoes stuccoes
cargoes mementoes tomatoes
dingoes mosquitoes tornadoes...
... Ernest Gowers, Oxford, 1965)
NEB The New English Bible (Oxford and Cambridge, 1970)
ODWE The Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors (Oxford, 1981)
OED The OxfordEnglish Dictionary (Oxford, 1933) ... or disagreement. The proper aim of a usageguide is to resolve
these problems, rather than describe the whole of current usage.
The OxfordGuidetoEnglishUsage has this aim. Within the limits ... Concise Oxford Dictionary (edn. 7, Oxford, 1982)
Hart's Rules.
Hart's Rules for Compositors and Readers (edn. 39, Oxford, 1983)
MEU H. W. Fowler, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage...