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Details for:
Howard, Philip (1990). A Word in Time. London: Sinclair-Stevenson Limited
events
Events:
13 events from this source recorded
1499
Life of Sir Thomas Elyot
1514
Life of Sir John Cheke
1712
Swift publishes 'Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue'
1752
Johnson's letter to The Rambler
1864
Alford's 'The Queens English' published
1878
Cyprus ceded to the UK
1926
Fowler's 'A Dictionary of Modern English Usage'
1954
Partridge's "The Concise Usage and Abusage"
1957
Burchfield starts work on Supplement to OED
1972
'A-G' supplement to OED
1972
'A-G' supplement to OED
1985
Quirk et al's 'A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language'
1989
2nd edition of OED