现代美国语用法词典
A dictionary of modern American usage
Bryan A. Garner · 初版 1998 年
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“这部文笔优美的作品旨在帮助人们规范使用语言，从而准确用词以达意。Garner依托现代语料而非历史先例来确定当下正确的用法。他甚至为写作者指出了哪些词应当彻底避免使用。在约7000个词条中，每个词条均提供定义、探讨词语用法、提供示例引文并给出参考文献与引文出处。这是一部妙趣横生、机智且朴实无华的工具书，在公共图书馆或学术图书馆中总能派上用场。”——
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Garner 写的《A Dictionary of Modern American Usage》是一本极棒的词典，里面专门收录了我们经常搞错（无论是拼写还是用法）的词汇。我是个文字极客，光是随手翻着看词条就觉得特别有意思。http://www.amazon.com/Dictionary-Modern-American-Usage/dp/01...
Garner's A Dictionary of Modern American Usage is a great dictionary filled with just the words we mess up (either through spelling or usage). I'm a word geek & find it interesting just to flip around reading entries. http://www.amazon.com/Dictionary-Modern-American-Usage/dp/01...
我猜有些人可能会担心参考这么一本老书是否靠谱。毕竟用法这些年确实在变。我想起了 David Foster Wallace 对 Garner 的《Dictionary of Modern American Usage》[2] 的极力赞赏[1]，它似乎有着和韦氏词典相似的特质，但我怀疑它能不能有这么方便好用的数字化整合。要是世界真那么完美就好了！;) [1] http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/DFW_present_tense.html…
I suspect that some may be concerned about referring to such an old tome. Usage does change after all over the years. I recalled David Foster Wallace's effusive praise [1] for Garner's Dictionary of Modern American Usage [2] which seems to have similar characteristics to the Webster, but I doubt there's such a convenient digital integration available for this. If only the world were perfect! ;) [1] http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/DFW_present_tense.html…
找本好用的 style guide，认真读完并严格遵守。我个人很喜欢《Dictionary of Modern American Usage》，因为它的建议都给出了充分的理由支撑。
Get a good style guide, read it, and stick to it. I like the Dictionary of Modern American Usage because its recommendations are presented with justifications.
……他的非虚构作品之一（收录在《Consider the Lobster》中）：https://harpers.org/wp-content/uploads/HarpersMagazine-2001-... 里面讨论了描述主义语法（descriptivist）与规范主义语法（prescriptivist）之争，也正是这篇文章让我知道了《A Dictionary of Modern American Usage》，这本书可比它的书名看起来有意思多了。
…non-fiction of his (which appears in Consider the Lobster): https://harpers.org/wp-content/uploads/HarpersMagazine-2001-... It's a discussion of descriptivist vs prescriptivist grammar and led me to A Dictionary of Modern American Usage, which is a way more fascinating book than its title would imply.
……《Authority and American Usage》[1] 是一篇探讨规范主义与描述主义、以及语法与阶级/权力之间关系的随笔，（某种程度上）披着一篇评 Bryan Garner 的《A Dictionary of Modern American Usage》[2] 的书评外皮。这个话题自然涵盖了在大学/学院层面使用标准书面英语（SWE）的讨论。其中有一章作者讲到了他是如何教一门英语补习班的……
…"Authority and American Usage" [1] is an essay concerning prescriptivism vs. descriptivism and the relations between grammar and class/power which (somewhat) masquerades as a review of Bryan Garner's A Dictionary of Modern American Usage [2]. This topic naturally includes discussion about the use of Standard Written English (SWE) at university/college level. In one chapter the author talks about how he teaches a remedial English class…
……索引好，全世界的 SNOOT² 们就能搜到它。¹ 请原谅我堆砌了一堆关键词。² 去听听音频，或者读读这本书的前言，抑或是 Wallace 对 Garner 的《A Dictionary of Modern American Usage》写的书评：https://web.archive.org/web/20210413013149/https://lafavephi...
…indexed and the SNOOTs² of the world will be able to find it. ¹ Forgive me for the sprinkling of keywords. ² Listen to the recording, or read the book’s introduction or Wallace’s review of Garner’s A Dictionary of Modern American Usage: https://web.archive.org/web/20210413013149/https://lafavephi...