"usage guide" meaning in English

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Noun

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
    Sense id: en-usage_guide-en-noun-4MJOnRkN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Topics: education, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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