April 2001 Issue [Article] Tense present Download PDF Adjust Share Democracy, English, and the wars over usage by David Foster Wallace, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 21st century Bryan A. Garner Dictionaries E.W. Gilman English language Eric Partridge Errors of usage H.W. (Henry Watson) Fowler Lexicography Philip Babcock Gove Steven Pinker United States Usage More from David Foster Wallace Voluntarily and For Pay I have now seen sucrose beaches and water a very bright blue. I have seen an all-red leisure suit with flared lapels. I have smelled suntan lotion spread over 2,100… Tennis, Trigonometry, Tornadoes A Midwestern boyhood A new examiner Adjust Share