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Tag Archives: Modern English Usage
Bennett’s Wordfinder
This is an index to the second edition of Fowler’s Modern English Usage, based on the version revised by Sir Ernest Gowers (1965). Paul Bennett has written elsewhere on this blog, about Fowler’s humour. Why need an index to a work that … Continue reading
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Tagged fowler, Modern English Usage, Paul Bennett
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Back to school: buy Fowler
I was just forwarded an email from OUP USA which announces a Back to School 2013 offer of a 65% reduction on book prices. The list of books on offer include Fowler’s Modern English Usage, at half-price, which is good, … Continue reading
Who was Sir Ernest Gowers?
While browsing in one of the many second hand bookshops in Scotland, I came across a familiar name: Sir Ernest Gowers. Gowers, known for his revision of H.W. Fowler’s Modern English Usage, also published other reference works such as the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ernest Gowers, fowler, Modern English Usage, plain English, Plain Words, style, The Complete Plain Words
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