... Ernest Gowers, Oxford, 1965) NEB The New English Bible (Oxford and Cambridge, 1970) ODWE The OxfordDictionary for Writers and Editors (Oxford, 1981) OED The OxfordEnglishDictionary (Oxford, 1933) ... Concise OxfordDictionary (edn. 7, Oxford, 1982) Hart's Rules. Hart's Rules for Compositors and Readers (edn. 39, Oxford, 1983) MEU H. W. Fowler, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage ... treatment the reader is referred to the OxfordDictionary for Writers and Editors and Hart's Rules for Compositors and Readers. Wherever possible, notes are added to indicate where the conventions...
... and -ible” in topic 1.3; “ae and oe” in topic 1.4; “-ce or -se” in topic 1.14; “doubling of final consonant” in topic 1.16; “dropping of silent -e” in topic 1.17; “hyphens” in topic 1.27; ... “l and ll” in topic 1.32; “-oul-” in topic 1.36; “-our or -or” in topic 1.37; “past of verbs, formation of” in topic 1.38; “-re or -er” in topic 1.41; “-xion or -ction” in topic 1.45; “-yse ... potatoes = shouts of “bravo!”) heroes salvoes (= discharges salvos buffaloes innuendoes = reservations, excuses) calicoes mangoes stuccoes cargoes mementoes tomatoes dingoes mosquitoes tornadoes...
... Ernest Gowers, Oxford, 1965) NEB The New English Bible (Oxford and Cambridge, 1970) ODWE The OxfordDictionary for Writers and Editors (Oxford, 1981) OED The OxfordEnglishDictionary (Oxford, 1933) ... Concise OxfordDictionary (edn. 7, Oxford, 1982) Hart's Rules. Hart's Rules for Compositors and Readers (edn. 39, Oxford, 1983) MEU H. W. Fowler, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage ... treatment the reader is referred to the OxfordDictionary for Writers and Editors and Hart's Rules for Compositors and Readers. Wherever possible, notes are added to indicate where the conventions...