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usage guide (複数形 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".
   • 2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 114:

     There is also a gap between the general population and the falling-standards bemoaners, usage guide publishers, and language pundits, whether conservative or progressive.