This is the fourth edition of a title that used to be called Garner’s Modern American Usage; the new edition dramatically expands coverage of global English, hence the title change. Bryan is hands down my favorite living grammarian, witty and frequently hilarious, and this is the only reference book I actually keep on my desk.

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To see more of the books I edited for Oxford University Press, including The Oxford Book of American Short Stories edited by Joyce Carol Oates, Sharp's Dictionary of Power and Struggle, and more, scroll down to the bottom of this page.