American Usage

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“The American landscape has no foreground and the American mind no background.”
—Edith Wharton (1862–1937)

“...Often the accurate answer to a usage question begins, “It depends.” And what it depends on most often is where you are, who you are, who your listeners or readers are, and what your purpose in speaking or writing is.”
—Kenneth G. Wilson (b. 1923)