It is WORDs. That come beFORE.

Let’s make this as clear as possible.

The text you sometimes find before the actual beginning of the book? It’s not called a forward. It’s called a foreword.

A great many otherwise-intelligent people keep making that mistake, and it keeps driving me crazy. So, stop it, everybody.

Thank you.

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4 responses to “It is WORDs. That come beFORE.”

  1. russ Avatar

    But they put the foreward forward of the rest of the book. Sometimes it’s even four words. 🙁

  2. GreyDuck Avatar

    That does it. I have simply got to institute a pun tax…

  3. heather Avatar
    heather

    consider us forewarned about the foreword faux paus 😉

  4. Lil Avatar
    Lil

    What does a hip-hop artist say while playing golf? “Fore! Word!”