The Complete Plain Words
Author : Ernest Gowers
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,56 MB
Release : 1967
Category : English
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Author : Ernest Gowers
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,56 MB
Release : 1967
Category : English
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Author : A. Scott
Publisher : Springer
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 49,70 MB
Release : 2009-09-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0230244300
Draws on previously inaccessible family archives to penetrate the anonymity and public reticence of one of Britain's great twentieth century civil servants. Gowers was highly influential in public policy throughout his long civil service career, which began in 1903 and culminated in running London's civil defence throughout the Second World War.
Author : Ann Scott
Publisher : Palgrave MacMillan
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,78 MB
Release : 2009-09-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
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During his long career as a British civil servant Ernest Gowers was close to the centre of many of the momentous events of the first half of the twentieth century. However, he only became famous in 1948 when Plain Words, originally written as a training pamphlet for the British Civil Service, became an instant best-seller for HMSO. Ann Scott has had access to Gowers' family archives. Using these and other previously untapped primary sources she builds a portrait of the career of one member of a cohort of high-flying civil servants who began their careers at the turn of the century. Gowers' final task as a civil servant was to run London's civil defence during WW2. Because of the wealth of original material available, two chapters are devoted to the way in which civil defence was planned and the many challenges he had to face, using his own words and those of his colleagues. Described as Britain's 'No 1 Chairman' he chaired many inquiries after the war. The Royal Commission into Capital Punishment had a profound effect on him, turning him into a convinced and influential abolitionist. At the age of 75 he began the task that engaged him for the final ten years of his life: revising Fowler's Modern English Usage.
Author : Ernest Gowers
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Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,27 MB
Release : 1966
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Author : Rebecca Gowers
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 31,20 MB
Release : 2014-03-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0241960355
'Be short, be simple, be human.' When Sir Ernest Gowers first wrote Plain Words, it was intended simply as a guide to the proper use of English for the Civil Service. Within a year, however, its humour, charm and authority had made it a bestseller. Since then it has never been out of print. Six decades on, writer Rebecca Gowers has created a new edition of this now-classic work that both revises and celebrates her great-grandfather's original. Plain Words has been updated to reflect numerous changes in English usage, yet Sir Ernest's distinctive, witty voice is undimmed. And his message remains vital: our writing should be as clear and comprehensible as possible, avoiding superfluous words and clichés - from the jargon of 'commercialese' to the murky euphemisms of politicians. In a new preface, this edition draws on an extensive private archive, previously hidden away in family cupboards and attics, to tell the story behind a book that has become an institution: the essential guide to making yourself understood.
Author : Ann Scott
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 40,38 MB
Release : 2012-08-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0199692319
Sir William Richard Gowers was one of the pre-eminent clinical neurologists of the nineteenth century. Co-authored by one of Dr Gowers' descendents and two leading neurologists, this book is the definitive reference work on the life of one of the founding fathers of neurology.
Author : Great Britain. Exchequer. Committee on Houses of Outstanding Historic or Architectural Interest
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Page : 79 pages
File Size : 14,34 MB
Release : 1950
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Author : Simon Mort
Publisher : Gower Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 21,47 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780566076695
Simon Mort provides practical guidance on such topics as:- deciding the format- structuring a report- stylistic pitfalls and how to avoid them- making the most of illustrations- ensuring a consistent layout.The theme throughout is fitness for purpose, and the text is enriched by a wide variety of examples drawn from business, industry and government. Simon Mort's book is an indispensable reference work for managers, civil servants, local government officers, consultants and professionals of every kind.
Author : Richard Lederer
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 38,56 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780941711814
A collection of humorous language bloopers including misspelled words, bungled translations, mangled modifiers, and much more.
Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
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Page : 718 pages
File Size : 29,65 MB
Release : 1928
Category : Great Britain
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