The King's English
by H. W. Fowler, F. G. Fowler
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Had Dickens owned a copy of The King's English he would not have written 'your great ability and trustfulness'; he would have recognized the malapropism and realized that the context demanded trustworthiness. In this classic reference book the Fowler brothers illustrate by examples all theblunders of English usage that are commonly made, and guide the reader to improved expression and style.-- The essential guide to written English-- Examples of commonly-made grammatical blunders taken from show more famous authors and newspapers, eg Thackeray, Ruskin, De Quincey, The Times, The Spectator-- The ideal companion to Fowler's Modern English Usage show lessTags
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You'd have to be pretty serious to read this all the way through, but I find it fascinating to browse. I can only imagine having such a technical command of the English language, but then it occurs to me that if I did no one would probably notice, and they would probably think, "She sure talks funny!" I think the best part of this book are the examples of mistakes he gives from contemporary (for him) newspapers and writers.
Old school circa 1906. Not to be confused with his / their MEU (Modern English Usage) which is fun for rainy day perusing.
A little old-fashioned for modern classroom use.
Non è di formato grande ma se uno vuole capirci qualcosa di shall e will, per esempio, qui ne avrà per venti pagine. Credo che l’unica edizione sia quella del 1931 e le cose sono cambiate un po’ da allora, ma con un minimo di spirito critico questo non dovrebbe essere un problema, anzi: un libro come questo può aiutarci molto ad analizzare un po’ meglio il nostro modo di esprimerci. Non è il primo libro da comprare ma vale la pena leggerne alcune parti. È da questo lavoro che è nato il Modern English Usage (che forse giustamente liquida shall e will in sole quattro colonne).
Segnalato da Simon Turner
Segnalato da Simon Turner
Jun 25, 2010Italian
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- 1906
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