What is the difference between amend and emend, between imply and infer, and between uninterested and disinterested? When should one put owing to rather than due to? Why should the temptation to write actually, basically or at this moment in time always be strenuously resisted? This book deals with these questions.
A master stylist wages war on bad English
In Strictly English, Simon Heffer explained how to write and speak our language well. Here he offers an entertaining and supremely useful A–Z guide to frequent errors, common misunderstandings, and stylistic howlers. What is the difference between amend and emend, between imply and infer, and between uninterested and disinterested? When should one put owing to rather than due to? Why should the temptation to write actually, basically, or at this moment in time always be strenuously resisted? How does one use an apostrophe correctly, ensure that one understands what alibi really means, and avoid the perils of the double negative? With articles on everything from punctuation to tabloid English to adverbs and adjectives,Simply English is the essential companion for anyone who cares about the language and wants to use it correctly.
The author of the best-selling Strictly English wages war on bad English.In his best-selling
Strictly English Simon Heffer explained how to write and speak our language well. In
Simply English he offers an entertaining and supremely useful A-Z guide to frequent errors, common misunderstandings and stylistic howlers. What is the difference between
amend and
emend, between
imply and
infer, and between
uninterested and
disinterested? When should one put
owing to rather than
due to? Why should the temptation to write
actually,
basically or at this moment in time always be strenuously resisted? How does one use an apostrophe correctly, ensure that one understands what alibi really means, and avoid the perils of the double negative? With articles on everything from punctuation to tabloid English to adverbs and adjectives,
Simply English is the essential companion for anyone who cares about the language and wants to use it correctly.
