Patricia T. O’Conner
Wednesday, December 18, 2002
Word maven Patricia T. O’Conner takes listeners calls about the English language and recommends the best reference books for all grammar quandaries.
Patricia T. O'Conner's Essential Bookshelf
Need help with your verbal skills? Word maven Patricia T. O'Conner recommends some of her favorite reference books.
The Elements of Style Strunk and White
The Careful Writer Theodore M. Bernstein
A Dictionary of Modern American Usage Bryan A. Garner
The New York Public Library Writer's Guide to Style and Usage
Fowler's Modern English Usage, 2nd edition revised by Sir Ernest Gowers
On Writing Well William T. O'Conner
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language 4th edition
Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary 10th edition
The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (for serious wordies)
Patricia T. O'Conner's Essential Bookshelf
Need help with your verbal skills? Word maven Patricia T. O'Conner recommends some of her favorite reference books.
The Elements of Style Strunk and White
The Careful Writer Theodore M. Bernstein
A Dictionary of Modern American Usage Bryan A. Garner
The New York Public Library Writer's Guide to Style and Usage
Fowler's Modern English Usage, 2nd edition revised by Sir Ernest Gowers
On Writing Well William T. O'Conner
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language 4th edition
Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary 10th edition
The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (for serious wordies)
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