This book is a successor to three editions (1998, 2003, 2009) of Garner's Modern American Usage. With more than a thousand new entries and more than 2,300 word - frequency ratios, the magisterial fourth edition of this book - now renamed Garner's Modern English Usage (GMEU) - reflects usage lexicography at its finest. Garner explains the nuances of grammar and vocabulary with thoroughness, finesse, and wit. He discourages whatever is slovenly, pretentious, or pedantic.