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> Isn't English fun?
>
> BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
>
> * _The Elements Of Style_
> by William Strunk, Jr. and E. B. White
> A true classic on writing in American English.
The perfect definition of an oxymoron!
HJR
>It's been in
> print for more than 80 years now. It's available from Amazon
> (http://www.amazon.com).
>
> Since the copyright on the original 1918 edition expired, it is
> available on the web at any number of places. Here's one:
>
> http://www.bartleby.com/141/
>
> And actually...bartleby.com has lots of reference books online.
>
> * The Harbrace College Handbook
> is a great manual of American English grammer.
>
> * Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage
> is another classic.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> N.
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Received on Thu Nov 08 2001 - 01:54:16 CST