Fowler was convincing and entertaining rather than authoritarian and angry, and a lifetime's lonely erudition (he was painfully shy) shows through on every page.

福勒不像有些人一脸的权威和愠怒，写起书来循循善诱，引人入胜，字里行间所流露出的都是一个孤独了一辈子的人的博学(他腼腆得可怕)。