Bryan A. Garner
@BryanAGarner
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Editor in chief, Black's Law Dictionary; author, Garner's Modern English Usage. Fall in love with language & it will love you back.
Dallas, Texas
Joined October 2009
Just wondering why I’d keep a 1930 almanac. But inside I rediscovered the book stamp of Judge Jerome Frank of the Second Circuit. That’s why. #books #secondcircuit @uscourts @USCourtsCA10 @2ndcircuitblog #appellatetwitter @2ndcircuit #ca2
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One of my favorite photos of the late Justice Stevens shows his dictionary stand. The second edition of my usage book (red dustjacket) is lying horizontal atop the other dictionaries. He was a kind man—and a wise one. #dictionaries #books
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Good morning. A couple of favorite shelves—oversized books. #books #bookshelves #bibliophily #bibliophilia
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I’m not alone, am I, in finding signs like this to be demoralizing, dispiriting, and altogether pitiable?
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I should have said this photo is of five shelves in the guest bedroom in Karolyne’s and my house—the one where Justice Scalia always stayed. We sometimes call it the Scalia Guest Bedroom. I think it’s important to have interesting books for guests. #books #bookshelves
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I like a guest bedroom to have a good selection of reading materials. This is one of 43 shelves of books in one of our guest bedrooms. #books #bibliophiles
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RT @JamesRosenTV: What an incredible honor, and mind-blowing surprise, that :::MAUREEN SCALIA::: attended my talk @Heritage @MeeseCenter to….
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Many people think that Noah Webster’s 1806 Compendious Dictionary was the first dictionary published in the U.S. But this one was earlier. Note that the coauthor, Samuel Johnson Jr., had no relation to the famous London literary figure. @drjohnsonshouse
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You can pretty easily tell which of these four copies of Noah Webster’s 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language is in the original boards. #books
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Can you see any way that this word choice is something other than a big blunder?
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And if you have three sick dogs at home, do you have a “dogs problem”? No, it’s a dog problem. Visa and Mastercard are likewise payment companies.
@BryanAGarner @WSJ “Payments” is correct. Companies, governments and other organizations moving money electronically are engaging in payments activities. Ask anyone at Visa, MasterCard or the Federal Reserve….
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The @WSJ front-page news capsules are poorly worded today. Note the awkwardness of these two. The first has a cliché plus inelegant variation; the second has a miscue caused partly by using “payments” (as opposed to “payment”) adjectivally. I usually admire this section.
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A few more favorite books—in the guest bedroom. One of these things doesn’t belong with the others. Can you tell which? #logic #philosophy
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RT @OrielChambers: 5 must-read books for aspiring barristers 👇. 1. Legal Writing in Plain English by @BryanAGarner.2. In Black and White by….
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Can anyone help me? What road in Winston, Bournemouth, did Sylvia Carter live on?
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For whom are you speaking?.
@GrammarTable @BryanAGarner @NewYorker Certainly no love would be lost if "whom" went the way of "mayest.".
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I thought I’d sit down to enjoy the @NewYorker, but I can’t get through the first essay in peace.
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First piece in the March 13 New Yorker. In your view, is the “whomever” in the second sentence correct? .@NewYorker
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