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| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
| spiral (n., v.) |
| Purists used to argue that a spiral always goes down, not up, but in today’s Standard English a spiral may go either way, so the word requires either context or a modifier to indicate the direction: The plane spiraled up through the clouds. The glider made an upward spiral. | 1 |
| The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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