Plain Words
Autor Rebecca Gowers, Ernest Gowersen Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 mar 2015
When Sir Ernest Gowers first wrotePlain 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 Wordshas 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.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241960349
ISBN-10: 0241960347
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0241960347
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Sir
Ernest
Gowers
was
born
in
1880,
and
became
a
leading
civil
servant.
He
ran
the
civil
defence
of
London
during
the
Second
World
War,
chaired
the
Royal
Commission
into
Capital
Punishment,
wrote
the
bestseller,Plain
Words,
and
became
the
first
editor
of
H.
W.
Fowler's
classicDictionary
of
Modern
English
Usage.
Rebecca Gowers is the author ofThe Swamp of Death, shortlisted for the CWA non-fiction Golden Dagger Award, and of two novels,When to WalkandThe Twisted Heart, both longlisted for the Orange Prize.
Rebecca Gowers is the author ofThe Swamp of Death, shortlisted for the CWA non-fiction Golden Dagger Award, and of two novels,When to WalkandThe Twisted Heart, both longlisted for the Orange Prize.
Recenzii
Vastly
informative
and
indispensable
The great Sir Ernest Gowers ... the grand old boy himself
Itself a model of how plain words should be used
Rebecca Gowers has been charged with the task of producing a version which is true to the spirit of the original but adapted to the needs of the 21st century. She discharges this task with wit and delicacy
A small literary jewel
Gowers's main precepts are as sensible today as they were when he first presented them ... beneficial, intelligent and sympathetic
Over half a century afterPlain Wordswas first published, its principles are as important as ever: say what you mean in the clearest possible fashion. Rebecca Gowers has done a great job ... superb
One thing that makes Gowers such an engaging figure is that he isn't prissy, priggish or prim. As far as he is concerned, language is a living thing that is constantly changing - and this is just as it should be
Still the best book on English and how to write it ... Unhappy with versions rewritten by others, Rebecca Gowers, Sir Ernest's great-granddaughter, has produced a new edition ... The result is splendid ... Gowers wrote with wit, humanity and common sense ... [his] central advice should be taped to the screen of anyone sitting down at a computer keyboard
The book has been modernized but preserves all its original charm ... There is arguably a greater need for its circulation among the general public [than ever before]
The zeal with which Sir Ernest uncovers error is matched only by the wit with which he chastises it
I am glad that attention should be continually drawn to copies of this book ... I am in full sympathy with the doctrine laid down by Sir Ernest Gowers
A delight, a classic of its kind
Great fun to read
Brilliant
A sweetly reasonable and wholly admirable guide
It will delight far wider circles than those to whom it is primarily addressed
The great Sir Ernest Gowers ... the grand old boy himself
Itself a model of how plain words should be used
Rebecca Gowers has been charged with the task of producing a version which is true to the spirit of the original but adapted to the needs of the 21st century. She discharges this task with wit and delicacy
A small literary jewel
Gowers's main precepts are as sensible today as they were when he first presented them ... beneficial, intelligent and sympathetic
Over half a century afterPlain Wordswas first published, its principles are as important as ever: say what you mean in the clearest possible fashion. Rebecca Gowers has done a great job ... superb
One thing that makes Gowers such an engaging figure is that he isn't prissy, priggish or prim. As far as he is concerned, language is a living thing that is constantly changing - and this is just as it should be
Still the best book on English and how to write it ... Unhappy with versions rewritten by others, Rebecca Gowers, Sir Ernest's great-granddaughter, has produced a new edition ... The result is splendid ... Gowers wrote with wit, humanity and common sense ... [his] central advice should be taped to the screen of anyone sitting down at a computer keyboard
The book has been modernized but preserves all its original charm ... There is arguably a greater need for its circulation among the general public [than ever before]
The zeal with which Sir Ernest uncovers error is matched only by the wit with which he chastises it
I am glad that attention should be continually drawn to copies of this book ... I am in full sympathy with the doctrine laid down by Sir Ernest Gowers
A delight, a classic of its kind
Great fun to read
Brilliant
A sweetly reasonable and wholly admirable guide
It will delight far wider circles than those to whom it is primarily addressed