Re: Deciding on a Dictionary of Modern English Usage

[Peter Lewicke <plewicke -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

--- "Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com> wrote:

> I think I'd rather become a smoker than decide which
> one to buy.
> 
> BEGIN RANT
> 
> Do you know there are enough Dictionaries of Modern
> English Usage out there to choke a camel?
> 
> END RANT

Yes, and I disagree with all of them to some degree. I
don't know what usage is right, but I usually know
what I prefer. The problem is figuring out what
readers would prefer or more readily understand. A few
years ago, I traded my M-W for an older American
Heritage, and I think I got the better end of the
deal. 

It might be best to choke a camel, and determine the
usage that you will use by listening to how educated
people in your field use English, and you could do
that while drinking your martini and smoking a
cigarette.





> I think I need a martini.
> 
> 


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