The complete plain words:
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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London
Her Majesty's Stationary Office
1986
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| Ausgabe: | 3. ed., rev. ed. |
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| Online-Zugang: | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Beschreibung: | VII, 288 S. |
| ISBN: | 0117011215 |
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| adam_text | Titel: The complete plain words
Autor: Gowers, Ernest
Jahr: 1986
Contents Preface 1. Prologue Do you know, say and convey what you mean? Using the right words is all-important 2. A preliminary digression The scope of this book does not extend to Legal English, ‘Expert to Expert’, Departmental Shorthand, or the Spoken Word 3. The elements Think for others rather than for yourself How to draft a letter Three fundamental precepts: Be simple, be short, be human 4. Correctness A fourth precept: Be correct Discipline in official writing Efforts to preserve pure English: vain resistance to new words and new meanings The duty of the official Incorrect words and phrases Grammar and idiom, their nature and importance 5. The choice of words: introductory Ready and precise meaning Causes of the converse: examples and remedies Use few, familiar and precise words 6. The choice of words: avoiding the superfluous word Some types of verbosity Padding page v 1 6 10 24 38 49
7. The choice of words: choosing the familiar word Types of failure Jargon and legal language Foreign words and phrases Metaphors and other showy words Modish writing and vogue words 8. The choice of words: choosing the precise word Lure of the abstract word The headline phrase Clichés and overworked words 9. The handling of words: troubles in arrangement Put closely related words near to each other 10. The handling of words: troubles with conjunctions and prepositions Right and wrong uses of‘and’ and other conjunctions Whether to treat certain words as conjunctions or prepositions 11. The handling of words: troubles with pronouns Pronouns and the words they refer to Whether to use ‘P or ‘me’ ‘They’ for ‘he or she’ Right and wrong uses of‘what’, ‘which’, ‘who’ and ‘that’ When to use ‘who’, ‘whom’ and ‘whose’ 12. The handling of words: troubles with verbs Number with verbs Troubles with ‘ing’ endings Uses of the subjunctive Misuse of the passive Omission and duplication of the verb Uses of‘shall’ and ‘will’ The split infinitive
13. The handling of words: troubles with negatives and other matters 146 Double negatives Troubles with ‘nor’ Misuse of‘and’ or ‘but’ with negatives Ambiguity with ‘not’ Qualification of absolutes Repetition 14. Punctuation 152 Write so as to be clear with a minimum of stops, and use stops for clarity Right and wrong use of the various stops, etc.: Apostrophe, Capitals, Colon, Comma, Dash, Full stop, Hyphen, Inverted commas, Paragraphs, Parentheses, Question marks, Semicolon, Sentences 15. Some recent trends 176 The trend towards informality The objections to sexist language The influence of science and technology The influence of other varieties of English: American English and Euro-English 16. Some selected passages 187 Seven specimens 17. A checklist: words and phrases to be used with care 198 18. Epilogue 270 It is especially important that official writing should be good The language is not in decay References 274 For further reading 275 Index 277
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