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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS adj. = adjective adv. = adverb AHD = The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (4th ed. 2000) Am. = American AmE = American English arch. = archaic A.S. = Anglo-Saxon Aus. = Australian Br. = British BrE = British English c. = century ca. = (circa) around Can. = Canadian cap. = capitalized cf. = (confer) compare with COD = The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English (8th ed. 1990) colloq. = colloquial conj. = conjunction DAEU = Margaret Nicholson, A Dictionary of AmericanEnglish Usage (1957) DCAU = Bergen Evans & Cornelia Evans, A Dictionary of Contemporary American Usage (1957) ed. = edition; editor e.g. = (exempli gratia) for example Eng. = English esp. = especially ex. = example fig. = figuratively fr. = from; derived from; found in Fr. = French G.B. = Great Britain (i.e., England, Scotland, and Wales) Ger. = German Gk. = Greek ibid. = (ibidem) in the same work i.e. = (id est) that is Ital. = Italian Jap. = Japanese L. = Latin l.c. = lowercase lit. = literally MAU = Wilson Follett, Modern American Usage (1966) ME = Middle English MEU1 = H.W. Fowler, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (1926) MEU2 = H.W. Fowler, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (Ernest Gowers ed., 2d ed. 1965) MEU3 = R.W. Burchfield, The New Fowler's Modern English Usage (1996) n. = noun SOED = The New Shorter Oxford no. = number English Dictionary (1993) NOAD = The New Oxford American Sp. = Spanish Dictionary (2001) specif. = specifically Norw. = Norwegian U&A = Eric Partridge, Usage & obs. = obsolete Abusage (1942) OE = Old English U.K. = United Kingdom (i.e., OED = The Oxford English Great Britain and-since Dictionary (2d ed. 1989) 1922-Northern Ireland) OED Supp. = A Supplement to the U.S. = United States Oxford English Dictionary USGPO = United States Government (4 vols., 1972-1986) Printing Office, A Manual OF = Old French of Style (rev. ed. 1986) OGEU = The Oxford Guide to usu. = usually English Usage (1983) vb. = verb orig. = originally v.i. = intransitive verb p. = page v.t. = transitive verb phr. = phrase W2 = Webster's New Interna- pl. = plural tional Dictionary of the pmbl. = preamble English Language (2d ed. pp. = pages 1934) p.pl. = past participle W3 = Webster's Third New prep. = preposition International Dictionary of pron. = pronoun the English Language pr.pl. = present participle (1961) quot. = quotation W11 = Merriam-Webster's repr. = reprinted Collegiate Dictionary (11th rev. = revised by; revision ed. 2003) RH2 = The Random House WDEU = Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of the English Dictionary of English Language (2d ed. 1987) Usage (1989) Russ. = Russian WNWCD = Webster's New World Scot. = Scottish College Dictionary (3d ed. sing. = singular 1995) 50

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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
adj. = adjective
adv. = adverb
AHD
=
The American Heritage
Dictionary of the English
Language
(4th ed. 2000)
Am. = American
AmE
=
American English
arch. = archaic
A.S. = Anglo-Saxon
Aus. = Australian
Br. = British
BrE
=
British English
c. = century
ca. = (
circa
) around
Can. = Canadian
cap. = capitalized
cf. = (
confer
) compare with
COD
=
The Concise Oxford
Dictionary of Current
English
(8th ed. 1990)
colloq. = colloquial
conj. = conjunction
DAEU
=
Margaret Nicholson, A
Dictionary of American-
English Usage
(1957)
DCAU
=
Bergen Evans & Cornelia
Evans,
A Dictionary of
Contemporary American
Usage
(1957)
ed.
=
edition; editor
e.g. = (
exempli gratia
) for
example
Eng. = English
esp. = especially
ex. = example
fig. = figuratively
fr.
=
from; derived from; found
in
Fr. = French
G.B.
=
Great Britain (i.e.,
England, Scotland, and
Wales)
Ger. = German
Gk. = Greek
ibid.
=(
ibidem
) in the same work
i.e. = (
id est
) that is
Ital. = Italian
Jap. = Japanese
L. = Latin
l.c. = lowercase
lit. = literally
MAU
=
Wilson Follett,
Modern
American Usage
(1966)
ME
=
Middle English
MEU1
=
H.W. Fowler,
A Dictionary
of Modern English Usage
(1926)
MEU2
=
H.W. Fowler,
A Dictionary
of Modern English Usage
(Ernest Gowers ed., 2d ed.
1965)
MEU3
=
R.W. Burchfield,
The New
Fowler’s Modern English
Usage
(1996)
n. = noun
no. = number
NOAD
=
The New Oxford American
Dictionary
(2001)
Norw. = Norwegian
obs. = obsolete
OE
=
Old English
OED
=
The Oxford English
Dictionary
(2d ed. 1989)
OED Supp.
=
A Supplement to the
Oxford English Dictionary
(4 vols., 1972-1986)
OF
=
Old French
OGEU
=
The Oxford Guide to
English Usage
(1983)
orig. = originally
p. = page
phr. = phrase
pl. = plural
pmbl. = preamble
pp. = pages
p.pl.
=
past participle
prep. = preposition
pron. = pronoun
pr.pl.
=
present participle
quot. = quotation
repr. = reprinted
rev.
=
revised by; revision
RH2
=
The Random House
Dictionary of the English
Language
(2d ed. 1987)
Russ. = Russian
Scot. = Scottish
sing. = singular
SOED
=
The New Shorter Oxford
English Dictionary
(1993)
Sp. = Spanish
specif. = specifically
U&A
=
Eric Partridge,
Usage &
Abusage
(1942)
U.K.
=
United Kingdom (i.e.,
Great Britain and-since
1922-Northern Ireland)
U.S.
=
United States
USGPO
=
United States Government
Printing Office,
A Manual
of Style
(rev. ed. 1986)
usu. = usually
vb. = verb
v.i.
=
intransitive verb
v.t.
=
transitive verb
W2
=
Webster’s New Interna-
tional Dictionary of the
English Language
(2d ed.
1934)
W3
=
Webster’s Third New
International Dictionary of
the English Language
(1961)
W11
=
Merriam-Webster’s
Collegiate Dictionary
(11th
ed. 2003)
WDEU
=
Merriam-Webster’s
Dictionary of English
Usage
(1989)
WNWCD
=
Webster’s New World
College Dictionary
(3d ed.
1995)