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Product Description Would you write council house or council-house, referendums or referenda, vice versa or vice-versa, razzmatazz, or razzamatazz, or razz-ma-tazz, or...? This comprehensive and authoritative dictionary of writing style and usage is an indispensable aid to writers, journalists, editors,publishers, and anyone who wishes to write correctly and effectively.* Straightforward guidance and rulings on problems of grammar, syntax, spelling, and punctuation* Broad coverage includes names of people and places, and foreign words and phrases* Helpful and informative on aspects of usage, such as capitalization and abbreviations Review `not only an indispensable aid to all those concerned witht he written word, but it also makes for the most fascinating reading...There will hardly be a day when you won`t refer to it.`Maxie Lavaulx'The Oxford Reference series continues to play a prominent part in offering sound factual advice.'Library Review`essential quick reference on matters of style... A book to keep within reach.'Keith Waterhouse, Good Book Guide About the Author R. E. Allen was formerly Managing Editor of Small Academic Dictionaries at OUP. He edited The Pocket Oxford Dictionary 7/e, and the COD 8/e, and was the compiler of The Oxford Spelling Dictionary.