(Download) "Plain Words" by Rebecca Gowers & Ernest Gowers * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: Plain Words
- Author : Rebecca Gowers & Ernest Gowers
- Release Date : January 27, 2014
- Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines,Books,Professional & Technical,Education,Reference,Words & Language,Writing,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 2026 KB
Description
'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 clichรฉs - 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.