The Complete Plain Words

by Gowers, Ernest, Sir; Green, Sidney; Whitcut, Janet

• ISBN13: 9780879237332
• ISBN10: 0879237333
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1988-09-01
• Publisher: David R Godine Pub

Summary

Covers letter writing, diction, correctness of vocabulary, prepositions, pronouns, verbs, punctuation and usage trends

Table of Contents

Introduction: What's the Usage?
Preface
Prologue	p. 1
A preliminary digression	p. 6
The elements	p. 10
Correctness	p. 24
The choice of words: introductory	p. 38
The choice of words: avoiding the superfluous word	p. 49
The choice of words: choosing the familiar word	p. 70
The choice of words: choosing the precise word	p. 78
The handling of words: troubles in arrangement	p. 91
The handling of words: troubles with conjunctions and prepositions	p. 98
The handling of words: troubles with pronouns	p. 111
The handling of words: troubles with verbs	p. 127
The handling of words: troubles with negatives and other matters	p. 146
Punctuation	p. 152
Some recent trends	p. 176
Some selected passages	p. 187
A checklist: words and phrases to be used with care	p. 198
Epilogue	p. 270
References	p. 274
For further reading	p. 275
Index	p. 277
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