Theodore Bernstein is a worthy success or to the Fowler brothers and Sir Ernest Gowers, and miles ahead of Strunk and White.

Bernstein is the most pleasant, sensible, and memorable exponent of good English usage.

The chapters are
- Preface by Jacques Barzun
- "Words That Need Watching"
- "StoryTelling"
- "Syntax Sinners"
- "Helpful Hints for Hatchet Men"
- "Head-Hunting"
- "Appendix: A Handful of News Stories"

ISBN 068970531X

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Books by Theodore M. Bernstein:
- Watch Your Language
- The Careful Writer; also see (review on Amazon)
- Do's Don'ts and Maybes of English Language (review on Amazon)
- Miss Thistlebottom's Hobgoblins: The Careful Writer's Guide to the Taboos, Bugbears and Outmoded Rules of English Usage (review on Amazon)
- Reverse Dictionary with Jane Wagner (review on Amazon)
- Headlines and Deadlines with R. E. Garst (review on Amazon)

See also:
- The Modern Researcher by Jacques Barzun and Henry Graff
- A Jacques Barzun Reader