Preface to the third edition

Preface to second edition

Preface to first edition

Acknowledgments

List of essay entries

List of abbreviations

Pronunciation guide

Key to the language-change index

Essay: Making peace in the language wars

Essay: The ongoing struggles of garlic-hangers

Modern American usage

Glossary of grammatical, rhetorical, and other language-related terms

A timeline of books on usage

Select bibliography

Select index of writers quoted or mentioned.