The New Fowler's Modern English Usage, Revised Edition

Acknowledgements
It gives me great pleasure to set down my obligation to the many people who
have contributed in one way or another to the preparation of this edition.
First and foremost I owe an immeasurable debt to my former colleagues in
the OED Department, who allowed me unrestricted access to their rich
electronic and paper-slip quotation filesand to the electronic databases (e.g.
NEXIS) to which they themselves have access. Once it had been decided to
identify the sources of the quotational evidence rather than to rely on
unattributed illustrative examples or merely invented examples, the book
could never have been assembled without such privileged access, even in the
nine years it has taken to write it. Major contributors included a retired
American lexicographer, Mr Frank G. Pickel (of Evanston, Illinois), a
diplomat (now retired), Sir Brian L. Barder, and a library researcher, Mr
George Chowdharay-Best.
Indispensable help of various kinds—suggestions for new entries,
criticism of existing articles, judgements about particular words or
constructions, and so on—have come from the following people: Mr David
Annett, Mr Don Barton, Mr P. R. Bonnett, Sir James Craig, Mr G. Crawford, Dr
Robert D. Eagleson, Mr Bryan A. Garner, Dr Valerie Grundy, Mr William E.
Hutchins, Mr Kenneth R. Lake, Professor Geoffrey Lewis, Mr E. W. Noll,
Dr Stefania Nuccorini, Mr Jim Powell, Professor James Sutherland, Mr Ernest
Trehern, Mr B. Verity, Mr F. R. le P. Warner, Professor Emer. Hugh E.
Wilkinson, Mr C. F. Wright.
I am also greatly indebted to Sarah Barrett, who brought her considerable
copy-editing skills to bear on the complexities of this book.