The Complete Plain Words
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The Complete Plain Words, titled simply Plain Words in its 2014 revision, is a style guide written by Sir Ernest Gowers, published in 1954. It has never been out of print. It comprises expanded and re
Ernest Gowers in 1920
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A Dictionary of Modern English Usage, by H. W. Fowler, is an English usage dictionary. It details the usage of selected words, morphemes, phrases, word classes, punctuation, and various other rules an
The Complete Plain Words
…revision was needed if the book was to continue to fulfil its purpose. Gowers, fully occupied for a decade in making the first revision of Fowler's Modern English Usage, was unable to carry out the task; he died in 1966, a few months after the publication of the revised Fowler. Another retired senior civil servant…
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Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage