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020 _a 9780140511994
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100 _aGowers, Ernest.
245 _aThe Complete Plain Words /
_cErnest Gowers.
260 _aLondon :
_bPenguin Books,
_c1987.
300 _a288 p. ;
505 _aPreface; 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;
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