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" Buckley, the right word / "
William F. Buckley, Jr. ; selected, assembled, and edited by Samuel S. Vaughan, with an introduction & sundry commentaries.
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879716
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Buckley, William F.,Jr.,1925-2008.
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Buckley, the right word /\ William F. Buckley, Jr. ; selected, assembled, and edited by Samuel S. Vaughan, with an introduction sundry commentaries.
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1st ed.
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New York :: Random House,, ©1996.
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xvii, 524 pages ;; 25 cm
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0614206952
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: 0679452141
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: 9780679452140
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Includes index.
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| Contents
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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.
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English language-- Semantics.
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Vocabulary.
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English language-- Semantics.
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Sprachpflege
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Vocabulary.
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Englisch.
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| Dewey Classification
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422
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PE1585.B83 1996
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422 B924
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Vaughan, Samuel S.
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