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The Dictionary of Bias-Free Usage - A Guide to Nondiscriminatory Language

English · Paperback / Softback

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Designed for anyone who works with words, this provides guidelines and a selection of 15,000 alternatives to help recognize bias in the English language, replace stereotypical language and improve communication skills. Also included is advice and background perspective on usage or word origin.

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Rosalie Maggio has been a professional writer and editor for 25 years. She has edited for a college textbook, a university magazine, and trade publishers. She is the author of several books including The Dictionary of Bias-Free Usage (first published in 1987 by Oryx Press as The Nonsexist Word Finder: A Dictionary of Gender-Free Usage.) and the popular book How to Say It. Ms. Maggio has won numerous book awards.

Product details

Authors Rosalie Maggio
Publisher Bloomsbury
 
Languages English
Age Recommendation ages 7 to 17
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 26.06.1991
 
EAN 9780897746533
ISBN 978-0-89774-653-3
No. of pages 304
Subjects Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Foreign-language dictionaries

English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, Usage & grammar guides, Usage and grammar guides, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Spelling & Vocabulary, Geography and World Cultures: Culture

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