good usage
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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I’ve racked my brain to give you a good usage scenario for Bluetooth 5, but it doesn’t exist yet.
From The Verge ● Jun. 20, 2017
It will be a smaller market than using gas to fire power plants, “but it’s a good usage of the gas,” he said.
From BusinessWeek ● Dec. 7, 2011
Yet such pointers are overwhelmed by humorless pedagogy, prolixity, questionable advice, and an embarrassing number of sins against good usage and grammar.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the function of this book is not that of a guide to good usage or a & dictionary, though it is a necessary complement to both.
From Time Magazine Archive
As a matter of good usage, the verb or any other part of speech should be repeated wherever its omission either makes the sentence ambiguous or gives it an incomplete sound.
From Practical Grammar and Composition by Thomas Wood
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