"usage guide" meaning in All languages combined

See usage guide on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: usage guides [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} usage guide (plural usage guides)
  1. (linguistics, education) A book that explains how to use a standardised language correctly and in keeping with currently accepted style, usually through the explication of what are conservatively viewed as language "errors". Categories (topical): Education, Linguistics

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