author : Sir Ernest Gowers

Books

• A Dictionary of Modern English Usage: revised 2nd edn. 1965, with H. W. Fowler
• The Complete Plain Words: 2nd edn. 1973, with Sir Bruce Fraser

Books : reviews

H. W. Fowler, Sir Ernest Gowers.
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage: revised 2nd edn.
1965

rating : 1 : unmissable

• oxymoron
• pleonasm
• split infinitive
• syllepsis
• synecdoche
• zeugma

Sir Ernest Gowers, Sir Bruce Fraser.
The Complete Plain Words: 2nd edn.
1973

rating : 1 : unmissable

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