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."
Dictionary of Usage
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Copyright, The Department of English, University of Victoria,
1995
This page updated September 22, 1995