H.W. Fowler

But the great English rulebook writer H.W. Fowler, among others, weighed in in favor of "none are" in his 1926 "Dictionary of Modern English Usage."

Grammar Pet Peeves: Who, Whom, None Is Or Are? 2011

Most literate people still want these questions decided for them by some authority, whether H.W. Fowler, the usage notes in the American Heritage Dictionary or the guy in the next cubicle who knows a lot about grammar.

Grappling Grammarians Barton Swaim 2011

W.y include H.W. Fowler, author of "A Dictionary of Modern English Usage," a book which many have received as gifts but probably few have actually read, while excluding John Cheever and Thomas Pynchon?

Michael Dirda Offers Fresh Look 2007

An Englishman, H.W. Fowler, had written a dictionary whose definitions amused them.

Borrowed Finery, A Memoir Fox, Paula 2001

This faux-clever substitution is what the grammarian H.W. Fowler called, sarcastically, "elegant variation."

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This faux-clever substitution is what the grammarian H.W. Fowler called, sarcastically, "elegant variation."

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Review: A Dictionary of Modern English Usage, by H.W. Fowler - The Globe and Mail

Archive 2010-03-28 Bill Crider 2010

A Dictionary of Modern English Usage by H.W. Fowler, Second Edition, revised and edited by Sir Ernest Gowers

The Language Barrier Bateson, F.W. 1965

H.W. Fowler derided what he called “the fused participle” as “grammatically indefensible” and said it should be “Women’s having”; Otto Jespersen cited famous usages, urged dropping the possessive and called Fowler a “grammatical moralizer.”

The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

H.W. Fowler derided what he called “the fused participle” as “grammatically indefensible” and said it should be “Women’s having”; Otto Jespersen cited famous usages, urged dropping the possessive and called Fowler a “grammatical moralizer.”

The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004