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PRINTED BOOKS
Author Gowers, Ernest, 1880-1966, author.

Title The complete plain words / by Sir Ernest Gowers ; revised edition by Sidney Greenbaum and Janet Whitcut.

Published Harmondsworth : Penguin Books, 1987.

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 UniM Store SpC/PENG  R1199 GOWE    REQUEST FROM SPC
 UniM Store SpC/PENG  R84 GOWE    REQUEST FROM SPC
Edition 3rd ed.
Physical description vii, 288 pages ; 20 cm.
Series Penguin reference
Penguin reference.
Summary This classic guide to the intricacies of the English language provides clear, succinct explanations of such topics as jargon, spelling, punctuation, superfluous words, the overuse or misuse of words, sexist language and the ground rules of grammar.
Local note SpC/PENG copy donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by Elizabeth Lane and family in memory of Richard Lane, co-founder of Penguin Books.
Subject Vocabulary.
Readability (Literary style)
English language -- Terms and phrases.
English language -- Usage.
English language -- Rhetoric.
English language -- Errors of usage.
English language -- Style.
Local series Penguin Collection
The Penguin complete English reference collection
Local author Lane, Elizabeth. Former owner.
Local donor Lane, Elizabeth. Donor.
Local author Lane, Richard, 1905-1982. Former owner.
ISBN 9780140511994 (paperback)
0140511997 (paperback)