Fowler's Concise Dictionary of Modern English Usage by Butterfield Jeremy;

Author:Butterfield, Jeremy;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Published: 2015-12-07T16:00:00+00:00

guild see gild.

guillemot, the name of a bird, is pronounced gil-i-mot.

gullible, meaning ‘easily fooled or cheated’, is spelt -ible not -able.

gunwale, meaning ‘the upper edge of a ship’s side’, is pronounced gun-uhl.

gusseted, meaning ‘having gussets’ (in meanings connected with clothing and architecture), is spelt with one t, not two.

guts, meaning ‘courage or determination’, is more forceful and less neutral than either of these words. It is now only slightly informal, although it is more so in idiomatic expressions such as hate a person’s guts and work one’s guts out (in which guts has a more literal meaning within a broader metaphor).

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