The Complete Plain Words (Pelican books) - Softcover

Gowers, Ernest

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140205543 ISBN 13: 9780140205541

Publisher: Penguin Books, 1975

Synopsis

Pages browning.Softback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in fair all round condition.

About this title

About the Author:

Sir Ernest Gowers was born in 1880 and served in a number of illustrious occupations. He advised numerous commissions and committees on a wide variety of subjects from work conditions to the preservation of historic houses. Sidney Greenbaum was a Director of the Survey of English Usage and was the author of many books on grammar and linguistics. Janet Whitcut has worked on a number of prestgious dictionaries and is now a freelance writer with a special interest in langauge.

Review:

The writer who wants to present his ideas clearly and with force by eschewing jargon and sticking to plain words should first read Gowers... --Jacques Barzun and Henry F. Graff, The Modern Researcher

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 1975
• ISBN 10: 0140205543
• ISBN 13: 9780140205541
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Fraser Bruce