Template:R:Garner's/documentation

Usage
This template may be used in the “References” section of an entry to provide a citation to ’s work Garner’s Modern English Usage (5 editions; see below). The template can be used to create a link to an online versions of the work at Google Books and the Internet Archive:


 * 1st edition, 1998, A Dictionary of Modern American Usage.
 * 2nd edition, 2003, Garner’s Modern American Usage.
 * 3rd edition, 2009, Garner’s Modern American Usage.
 * 4th edition, 2016, Garner’s Modern English Usage.
 * 5th edition, 2022, Garner’s Modern English Usage: The Authority on Grammar, Usage, and Style.

Parameters
The template takes the following parameters:


 * edition – the edition of Garner’s cited, from 1st to 5th. If this parameter is omitted, the template defaults to the latest (5th) edition.
 * 1 or entry – the entry (headword or lemma) in Garner’s cited. If this parameter is omitted, the template uses the Wiktionary page name.
 * pos, or part of speech – the part of speech of the entry (if it has one). By default, the template italicizes the value assigned to the parameter and adds a full stop (period) to the end. To turn off the default formatting for the purpose of specifying a different formatting using wikitext markup and templates, specify 1.
 * page or pages – the page(s) of Garner’s on which the entry appears. When citing a range of pages, note the following:
 * Separate the first and last pages of the range with an en dash, like this: 10–11.
 * You must also use pageref to specify the page number that the template should link to.
 * column or columns – the column number(s) of Garner’s on which the entry appears.
 * passage or text – a passage cited from the source.
 * footer – a comment on the passage cited.
 * nodot – by default, the template adds a full stop (period) at the end of the citation. To suppress this punctuation, use 1 or yes.