abusage

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Definition von abusage im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

improper or incorrect use of language

A stickler for the rules of grammar, Mrs. Walker cringes when she encounters any abusage by the students in her freshman English class.

Abuse - Whately (1634)

{i} improper use of words; poor grammar

Abuse

Silbentrennung

a·bus·age

Etymologie

() Abusage first appeared in the 16th century as a general synonym of abuse, but it fell into disuse after just a couple of centuries. The word reemerged in the language with a new grammar-specific sense after Eric Partridge published a book on grammar titled Usage and Abusage in 1942.