Speaking of the Clergy

dards that have long been urged upon us by handbooks. Reverend, we have been told, is an adjective and may not be used with a surname unless the latter is preceded by Mr. and unless Reverend is itself preceded by the definite article, as in Reverend Mr. Jones; otherwise, the standard offered is Reverend John Jones. Such blanket prescriptions (of which those in Follett 1966, p. 328, are typical) do not provide for the vocative-a shortcoming observed fifty years ago by Ehrensperger (p. 42) and more recently by Evans and Evans (1957, p. 424). Etiquette manuals are more precise, specifying for direct address Mr. with surname, and for introductions a choice of The Reverend with full name or The Reverend Mr. with surname. In accordance with models in

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