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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]usage guide (plural usage guides)
- (linguistics, education) A book that explains how to use a standardised language correctly and in keeping with currently accepted style, usually through the explication of what are conservatively viewed as language "errors".
- 2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 114:
- There is also a gap between the general population and the falling-standards bemoaners, usage guide publishers, and language pundits, whether conservative or progressive.