"Anyone who finds himself putting down several commas close to one another should reflect that he is making himself disagreeable." -Henry Watson Fowler A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (1926), by Henry Watson Fowler, is a landmark guide to the principles of grammar, punctuation, and style most widely accepted for use in writing British English correctly. It covers such useful topics as plurals and literary technique, distinctions among like words (homonyms and synonyms), and the use of foreign terms.