Good Word Guide (5th edition)

“The proliferation of English language reference books is a relatively recent occurrence.” Perhaps, but the dictionary or word book to help those unsure of “correct” (or accepted) usage has a long and honourable history going back at least to Elizabethan times. Naturally so: language in general and the English language especially, is a constantly changing and developing medium. New expressions, new words, come and go, and former taboos are broken while new ones arise. It is certainly true that the English language is constantly changing and developing at a seemingly ever‐quickening pace: perhaps it always seemed so, but today the...