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Plain Words

Plain Words

by Ernest Gowers and Rebecca Gowers
Paperback
Publication Date: 27/05/2015

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This classic work is the quintessential guide to writing good clear English. Now updated in a new edition, but with all its original charm, it provides advice on everything from using the semicolon correctly to avoiding cliches and jargon.


'Be short, be simple, be human.'
When Sir Ernest Gowers first wrote Plain Words, it was intended simply as a guide to the proper use of English for the Civil Service. Within a year, however, its humour, charm and authority had made it a bestseller. Since then it has never been out of print.
Six decades on, writer Rebecca Gowers has created a new edition of this now-classic work that both revises and celebrates her great-grandfather's original. Plain Words has been updated to reflect numerous changes in English usage, yet Sir Ernest's distinctive, witty voice is undimmed. And his message remains vital- our writing should be as clear and comprehensible as possible, avoiding superfluous words and cliches - from the jargon of 'commercialese' to the murky euphemisms of politicians.
In a new preface, this edition draws on an extensive private archive, previously hidden away in family cupboards and attics, to tell the story behind a book that has become an institution- the essential guide to making yourself understood.
ISBN:
9780241960349
9780241960349
Category:
Usage & grammar guides
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
27-05-2015
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
320
Dimensions (mm):
196x128x24mm
Weight:
0.24kg

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