The UVic Writer's Guide


Usage/ Use


If you are referring to something that is being used, just use use ("The use of symbolism in The Glass Menagerie").

Usage refers to custom or convention ("correct English usage"). Do not write, for example, "We discourage the usage of calculators in examinations."


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Copyright, The Department of English, University of Victoria, 1995
This page updated September 22, 1995