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1、Wordwatcher'sguidetoGOODWRITING8cGRAMMARMortonS.FreemanForewordbyEdwinNewmanWriter'sBooksCincinnati,OhioTheWordwatcher'sGuidetoGoodWriting&Grammar.Copyright©1990byMortonS.Freeman.PrintedandboundintheUnitedStatesofAmerica.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybere
2、producedinanyformorbyanyelectronicormechanicalmeansincludinginformationstorageandretrievalsystemswithoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher,exceptbyareviewer,whomayquotebriefpassagesinareview.PublishedbyWriter'sDigestBooks,animprintofF&WPublications,Inc.,1507Dan
3、aAvenue,Cincinnati,Ohio45207.Firstedition.949392915432LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationDataFreeman,MortonS.[Handbookofproblemwords8cphrases]Thewordwatcher'sguidetogoodwriting&grammar/MortonS.Free-man.—1sted.p.cm.Originallypublishedas:Ahandbookofproblemwor
4、ds&phrases.cl987.Includesindex.ISBN0-89879-436-61.Englishlanguage—Usage—Dictionaries.I.Title.PE1460.F6541990428'.003-dc2090-12514CIPDedicationToShirleyCole,mysister-in-law,whoencouragedmetobecomeawordwatcherForewordForme,oneoftheby-productsofcomingtoberegardedas
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6、oprotectandnurtureit,and,moreimportant,enableotherstouseitmoreefficientlyandmorepleasurably.(Thepleasuretobehad—free—fromusingalanguagewellis,sadly,oftenover-looked.)Iknowthatsomepeopleregardthosewhoworryaboutthestateofthelanguageasstuffy,andcranky,andboring.Inf
7、act,manyofthemareaslivelyandengagingasanyoneyoucouldwanttomeet—and,whenitcomestoEnglish,aspractical.SoitiswithMortonFree-man.Whenheoffersadviceongrammarandusage,hedoesnotdoitforobscure,crotchety,orwhatmightbecalledtechnical,reasons.Hisadviceisplain,specific,dire
8、ct,andgood-humored.Behindthatadvicethereis,ofcourse,anattitude.Oneelementofthatattitudeistheviewthatifwewantthelanguagetoserveuswell,wemustserveitwell,whichistosay,us
