Preface to the Third Edition

xi

Preface to the Second Edition

xiii

Preface to the First Edition

xvii

Acknowledgments

xxiii

List of Essay Entries

xxv

List of Abbreviations

xxxi

Pronunciation Guide

xxxiii

Key to the Language-Change Index

xxxv

Essay: Making Peace in the Language Wars

xxxvii

Essay: The Ongoing Struggles of Garlic-Hangers

MODERN AMERICAN USAGE

Glossary of Grammatical, Rhetorical, and Other Language-Related Terms

877

A Timeline of Books on Usage

925

Select Bibliography

937

Select Index of Writers Quoted or Mentioned

939