Editorial Particular
Fecha de edición marzo 2014 · Edición nº 1
Idioma inglés
EAN 9780141975535
320 páginas
Libro
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This is the essential and original guide for anyone who wants to express themselves clearly in English. When Sir Ernest Gowers first wrote his charming and authoritative Plain Words, it was expected to serve simply as a guide to proper English usage for the civil service. Within its first year, however, its humorous authorial voice and stylish simplicity had led to the printing of seven editions, and by the end of 1949 it had sold over 200,000 copies.
Sixty-five years later Sir Ernest's great grand-daughter, Rebecca Gowers, has worked closely on an edition that both revises and celebrates the original. Plain Words brings Sir Ernest's now-classic work up to the modern day, updating it to accommodate the innumerable changes that have happened in the English language - but, drawing upon unseen archives (some from Rebecca Gowers' attic!), it also tells the story behind the book that has become an institution for writers of English - creative, formal, colloquial and highfalutin alike.
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