The pronunciation system is that of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and, except where otherwise specified, is based on the pronunciation, widely called 'Received Pronunciation' or RP, of educated people in southern England. The necessary adjustments have been made when standard American English pronunciations are given. | MODERN ENGLISH USAGE . Burchfield The acknowledged authority Revised edition now including a new Supplement Oxford The Acknowledged Authority Known affectionately as Fowler this world-famous guide is required reading for writers of all kinds looking for definitive judgements on matters of English usage. Robert Burchfield s third edition now revised with a new Supplement gives a clear and authoritative picture of English at the end of the twentieth century. on grammar syntax style and choice of words in which Robert Burchfield responds to the many reviews of his third edition and the hundreds of letters he has received about it giving his views on recent changes in the English language and debates about usage and presenting a selection of newly written entries with recommendations which reflect the way English is really used at the end of the twentieth century . along with some reference to the English of Australia Canada New Zealand and South Africa taken from an international selection of newspapers journals and books with authors including Julian Barnes Saul Bellow William Boyd Peter Carey Iris Murdoch John Updike and Tom Wolfe with all the main points of grammar discussed using their traditional well-known names explained in full along with guidelines on political correctness the influence of feminism on English and all the other pitfalls of English usage 9 780198 602637 On Robert Burchfield s third edition The arrival of the third edition of Fowler s is a jubilee year for all writers . . . And of course the prescriptions are Burchfield s personal advice. They are not written on tablets of stone by some infallible immutable god of grammar. You are allowed to disagree though you might be rash to do so. Philip Howard The Times Brisker less bufferish and funnier than Fowler . . . Christopher Hawtree Evening Standard Compared with the liberalism of other grammars Burchfield s enlightened pedantry is a sheer joy to read and consult. William Hartston Independent We
