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PLAIN WORDS
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| By: |
Ernest Gowers, Rebecca Gowers |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£14.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0141975539 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780141975535 |
| Publisher: |
PENGUIN BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
27 March, 2014 |
| Pages: |
320 |
| Description: |
Reflects the many changes in English usage. This book 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. |
| Synopsis: |
'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. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Particular Books |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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