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Plain Words
Engelsk Paperback
Plain Words
Engelsk Paperback

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''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 clichés - 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.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
320
ISBN-13:
9780241960349
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0241960347
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
26 mar 2015
Længde:
20mm
Bredde:
129mm
Højde:
199mm
Forlag:
Penguin Books Ltd
Oplagsdato:
26 mar 2015
Forfatter(e):
Kategori sammenhænge