Garner's Modern English Usage

Name: Garner's Modern English Usage
Price: 24.99 USD
Rating: 4.7 (29 reviews)
Author: LawProse Inc.

By: LawProse Inc.

Education

Features & Capabilities

Highly acclaimed in its four print editions, Bryan A. Garner's Garner's Modern English Usage is now available on your iPhone and iPad. This extraordinary reference tool contains over 8,000 entries and essays that reflect usage lexicography at its finest. Designed with the mobile user in mind, Garner's Modern English Usage is searchable, eminently navigable, and fully citable.

GMEU is the liveliest and most compulsively readable reference work for writers of our time. It delights while providing instruction on skillful, persuasive, and vivid prose. Garner liberates English from two extremes: both from the hidebound "purists" who mistakenly believe that split infinitives and sentence-ending prepositions are malfeasances and from the linguistic relativists who believe that whatever people say or write must necessarily be accepted.

The judgments here are backed up not just by a lifetime of study but also by an empirical grounding in the largest linguistic corpora ever available. Garner has made extensive use of big data to include ratios of standard terms as compared against variants in modern print sources. No other resource provides as comprehensive, reliable, and empirical a guide to current English usage.

If you're concerned with writing and editing, GMEU will prove invaluable to you. Garner illustrates with actual examples, cited with chapter and verse, all the linguistic blunders that modern writers and speakers are prone to, whether in word choice, syntax, phrasing, punctuation, or pronunciation. No matter how knowledgeable you may already be, you're sure to learn from every single entry of this resource.

FEATURES

Easy-to-use search tools bring up words effortlessly
Voice search finds what you're looking for without having to type
Text is citable
Favorites feature to create a custom list of words
Usage quizzes test your knowledge with questions written by Bryan Garner

User Growth & Download Statistics

App

By:

LawProse Inc.

Rating:

4.70

(29)

Version:

1.33 Last updated: 2017-12-18

Version code:

841592767

Creation date:

2016-11-22

Compatible devices:

Size:

75.25MB

Price:

24.99

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-19

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User Reviews

The app is widely praised for portability, fast search, and authoritative guidance, with a clean, navigable interface. Users value quick lookups and the resource's usefulness, especially for editors. Common drawbacks include lack of text-size controls, small typography affecting readability, a dysfunctional Favorites feature, and concerns about updates/maintenance.

Pros

Portable and readily available on iPhone/iPad, allowing you to carry the reference anywhere.
Fast, efficient search with clear explanations and usage notes.
Authoritative, comprehensive English usage guidance trusted by professionals.
Clean, user-friendly interface with easy navigation and features like page numbers.
Quizzes add educational value and variety.

Cons

Text size/font size adjustments are missing, making reading difficult.
Favorites feature is not working or not intuitive to use.
App maintenance concerns: not updated recently and potential compatibility issues (e.g., with older iOS).
Readability and appearance issues: small font and unattractive typography; lack of appearance customization.

Recent reviews

A near-perfect app, and one simple change would eliminate the “near.” Make a random entry button! My favorite part of the app is to go down an entry rabbit hole. How exciting if, like Wikipedia, one could press a button and be brought to an entry that perhaps they would not have stumbled across otherwise. This would be an easy add, please consider!

by SN*****, 2024-04-21

Garner's Modern English Usage app is a joy to use. You can search just about any topic that is vexxing you (e.g., "comprise" versus "constitute") and find a resolution along with a detailed explanation and usage statistics. When you're in a grammar debate, you can take a screenshot and text it to your friends proving them wrong. What could be better than that?

by Ci*****, 2022-11-20

An excellent reference work. The application is quite convenient; unlike the book, you can carry it with you wherever you go. Very fast and efficient for looking up particular words and phrases, which is the primary task for a usage guide. Worth the money. Highly recommended.