What's it like to edit William F. Buckley, Jr.? An introduction / Samuel S. Vaughan -- Usage I: "Notes & asides" -- On vocabulary -- The interview -- Usage II: The great who/whom wars & other matters -- Sexist, anti-sexist, and other foreign languages -- On Latin & other lively languages -- On dirty, bawdy, profane, vulgar, scatological, etc., words : a short chapter -- The spoken word : speech, students, diction, politicians -- On style & eloquence, dress and address -- Usage III: W.H. Fowler lives -- A journalist on journalism -- A columnist on column writing--and on choosing carefully your words and your opponents -- Man of letters -- Usage IV: Oh, what's the usage? -- On fiction -- Passing in review -- On saying good-bye (or) the art of the obituary & the eulogy -- Appendix: A Buckley lexicon.
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Presents a selection of correspondence, along with major essays, columns, interviews, introductions, articles, reviews, and appreciations in which William F. Buckley expresses his opinions about words and language usage, and includes a lexicon of words he employs in his writings.