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Fowler's Modern English Usage, re-edited by R W Burchfield, is a famous guide to the uses of the English language. The book provides valuable advice on syntax, grammar, choice of words and style. The guide also gives its readers an explanation to questions on topics such as political correctness and split infinitive. This new edition takes into account both British and American English while also referring to the manner of the language in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. There are also many examples from newspapers, books and journals from around the world as well as quotations by renowned writers. Fowler’s Modern English Usage was first written by Henry Watson Fowler and published in 1926. He wrote the guide as a means to help writers who are interested in grammar. The guide went on to become one of the most famous books ever written with some hailing it as the best that Oxford University Press has ever published. This edition by R W Burchfield is the complete and revised edition and has been updated to be in tune with modern terms. This edition provides the reader with correct pronunciations and spellings while also differentiating between similar words. Burchfield also includes American English unlike Fowler. Fowler’s Modern English Usage was published by Oxford University Press in 2005. The book is available in paperback.