I’d like to thank Bryan Garner, Robert Hartwell Fiske, James Kilpatrick, Richard Lederer, Laurie Rozakis, Lynne Truss, William Safire, Bill Walsh, all the readers of my column who earned mention here, and all the editors of the Associated PressStylebook, the Chicago Manual of Style, and the Oxford English Grammar for being such great sports. Like, wow, do these people have an awesome sense of humor or what? Well, actually I’m writing my thank-yous before any of them have even had a chance to read this book. But I just know that I’m not going to catch any of them hiding in the bushes outside my house with a carton of rotten eggs, or worse.
So let’s hear it for the people who, as I poke fun at them, just laugh in the spirit in which the jabs were written—the people who never lose sight of the fact that we’re all on the same team of helping others better use the language. You guys rock!