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book is designed to inform you about current problems in English usage
so you can make intelligent decisions when communicating. When
confronted with a choice about a usage, you may ask yourself a number
of questions: Has this usage been criticized for some reason in the
past? If so, are these criticisms substantial? What are the linguistic
and social issues involved? Have people frequently applied this usage
in the past, and for how long? What do well-respected writers think of
the usage today? You will find answers to these and many other
questions in this book.