Bryson•s Dictionary for Writers and Editors

Bibliography and
Suggested Reading �
Throughout the text I have in general referred to the following books
by the surname of the author, ignoring the contributions of those
who revised the originals. Thus although Sir Ernest Gowers substantially
revised A Dictionary of Modern English Usage in 1965, that book
is referred to throughout the text as “Fowler.” References to “Gowers”
are meant to suggest Gowers’s own book, The Complete Plain Words.
Aitchison, Jean. Language Change: Progress or Decay? London:
Fontana, 1981.
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
Austin, Tim, compiler. The Times Guide to English Style and Usage.
London: Times Books, 1999.
Bernstein, Theodore M. The Careful Writer. New York: Free Press,
1995.
———. Dos, Don’ts and Maybes of English Usage.New York: Free
Press, 1995.
Burchfield, R. W., ed. The New Fowler’s Modern Usage, third edition.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996.
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English. New York: Oxford
University Press, 1995.
Encarta World English Dictionary. New York: St. Martin’s Press,
1999.
Evans, Bergen and Cornelia Evans. A Dictionary of Contemporary
American Usage. New York: Random House, 1957.