Dedication
TO BRIEF DISCUSSIONS OF THE RIGHT AND THE
WRONG USE OF WORDS
AND
TO SOME OTHER MATTERS OF INTEREST TO THOSE WHO
WOULD SPEAK AND WRITE WITH PROPRIETY.
Epigraph
We remain shackled by timidity till we have learned to speak with propriety.
—Johnson.
As a man is known by his company, so a man’s company may be known by his manner of expressing himself.
—Swift.