TY - BOOK AU - Gowers, Ernest. TI - The Complete Plain Words SN - 9780140511994 U1 - 428 23 PY - 1987/// CY - London PB - Penguin Books N1 - Preface; 1 Prologue; 2 A preliminary Digression; 3 The Element; 4 Correctness; 5 The Choice of words:Introductory ; 6 The choice of Words::avoiding the superfluous word; 7 The Choice of Words:choosing the familiar words; 8 The choice of words :choosing the precise word; 9 The handling of words: trouble in arrangement; 10 The handling of words: troubles with conjunctions; 11 The handling of words: troubles with pronoun; 12 The handling of words: troubles with verb; 13 The handling of words: troubles with negatives; 14 Punctuation; 15 Some recent trends; 16 Some selected passage ; 17 A checklist:words and phrase to be used with care; 18 Epilogue; Reference ; For further reading; Index; ER -