The Right Word

552 Pages·1996·42.717 MB·English

by  William F. Buckley Jr.

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The Word
Right
U About the Uses and Abuses of
Language, and About Vocabulary; About Usage,
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Style Speaking; Fiction, Diction, Dictionaries;
With Reviews and Interviews; a Lexicon;
&
On
Latin Letters, Eloquence &C Journalism;
and more
H All Drawnfrom the Works of
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William Buckley,
Jr.,
His Correspondents, His Critics, Friends, and Others
Selected, Assembled, and Edited by
Samuel Vaughan
S.
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with an Introduction Sundry Commentaries
FPT .A.$28.00
Canada$39.00
This book is hugely entertaining, a feast for language
lovers. Any reader or writer of letters, memos, ad
copy, or novels; anyone who makes a vocation of
vocabulary or grammar; any dictionary devotee,
debater, teacher, computer enthusiast, journalist, or
media maven will findmuch here to feed on.
Its premise is simple. William F. Buckley,
Jr., who is even more well known for his supple
vocabulary, productivity, and remarkable range of
interests than for his politics, provides a one-man
show of English in action. By examining the variety
of ways in which he employs language, and the
responses to them, the reader who delights in words
will delight in these exchanges of opinion about the
many meanings oflanguage.
Not all the rewards are in Buckley's own
words. Drawing on his correspondents, his friends,
his critics, and the work of others, the text provides
provocative examples, discussion, and, often, debate
invariousvoices.
Much of Bill Buckley's extraordinary mail is
concerned with questions of usage. Generous sam-
plings of that correspondence appear along with
major essays, columns, interviews, introductions,
articles, reviews, and appreciations. There is, too, a
Buckley Lexicon, hundreds of words he employs,
giving definitions plus examples of their uses from
his published writings.
Here at last is the book his admirers and
even critics can enjoy and profit frvorri Buckley on
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Buckley
The
Right
Word

Buckley:
The Right Word
About the Uses and Abuses
OF Language, andAbout
Vocabulary; About Usage,
Style & Speaking; Fiction,
Diction, Dictionaries; With
Reviews and Interviews;
A Lexicon; On Latin &
Letters, Eloquence &
Journausm; and more,
All Drawn fromthe
Works of
E
William Buckleyy
Jr.y
His Correspondents, His
Critics, Friends, and Others
Selected, Assembled, and Edited by
Samuels. Vaughan
WITH AN Introduction & Sundry
Commentaries
Random House NewYork
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Copyright 1996byWilliam F.Buckley,Jr.
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