''The Gregg Reference Manual: A Manual of Style, Grammar, Usage, and Formatting'' is a guide to

English grammar English grammar is the set of structural rules of the English language. This includes the structure of words, phrases, clauses, Sentence (linguistics), sentences, and whole texts. This article describes a generalized, present-day Standard English ...

and

style Style is a manner of doing or presenting things and may refer to: * Architectural style, the features that make a building or structure historically identifiable * Design, the process of creating something * Fashion, a prevailing mode of clothing ...

, written by William A. Sabin and published by

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. The book is named after

John Robert Gregg John Robert Gregg (17 June 1867 – 23 February 1948) was an Irish educator, publisher, humanitarian, and the inventor of the eponymous shorthand system Gregg Shorthand. Life Childhood John Robert Gregg was born in Shantonagh, Ireland, as th ...

. The eleventh (“Tribute”) edition was published in 2010. The ninth Canadian edition, entitled simply ''The Gregg Reference Manual'' with no subtitle, was published on February 25, 2014. The book was first published in 1951 as the ''Reference Manual for Stenographers and Typists'' by Ruth E. Gavin of the Gregg Publishing Company. The book is widely used in business and professional circles. Neil Holdway, a news editor on the Chicago ''Daily Herald'' said the book "can answer the tough grammar questions, and it has provided me with authoritative yet readable explanations I can comfortably pass on to the newsroom when discussing our fair language."

Editions

These are the years of publication of all the editions of the ''Gregg Reference Manual'' in the United States: *1st: 1951 *2nd: 1956 *3rd: 1961 *4th: 1970 *5th: 1977 *6th: 1985 *7th: 1992 *8th: 1996 *9th: 2001 *10th: 2005 *11th: 2010

References

External links

* Style guides for American English 1951 non-fiction books McGraw-Hill books {{ref-book-stub