Honorary president: Judith Butcher Honorary vice-president: David Crystal OBE
SfEP recommended reference books
American usage
Webster's New World College Dictionary, edited by Michael E Agnes (John Wiley, 4th ed. 1999).
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (Delta, 4th ed. 2006).
This dictionary is also accessible online on the Bartleby website.
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Merriam-Webster, 11th ed. 2004).
The content of this dictionary is also available online.
The Chicago Manual of Style by the University of Chicago Press staff (Barbican Publishing, 15th ed. 2007).
See comments in 'Style' page.
Garner's Modern American Usage by Bryan A Garner (Oxford University Press, 2003).
Divided by a Common Language: A guide to British and American English by Christopher Davies (Houghton Mifflin, 2007).
Mighty Fine Words and Smashing Expressions: Making sense of transatlantic English by Orin Hargraves (Oxford University Press, US, 2003).
The Careful Writer: A modern guide to English usage by Theodore M Bernstein (Free Press, 1995).
Bernstein (1904-1979) was assistant managing editor of the New York Times and a professor at the Columbia University School of Journalism.
Melanie Spiller's useful books
The personal list of an American editor.