| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
| ABUSAGE |
| is an old noun, put back into service by Partridge in 1947 (1963b), where its meaning was and continues to be only “the misuse or abuse of English.” All other abuses are just abuses, not abusages: child abuse, abuse of privilege. | 1 |
| The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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