The King's English: A Guide to Modern UsageHarperCollins, 1997 - 270 頁 Sir Kingsley Amis was one of the most influential writers of the 20th-century and the use and abuse of the English language was one of his principal concerns. This guide, alphabetically arranged, provides a concise, readable and entertaining guide to using English. |
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adjective adverb American archaic avoided better British broadcaster called century classical colloquial context correct derivatives dictionary didacticism doubt English language English word especially etymology example expression feel Fowler French gerund glottal stop grammatical Greek H.W. Fowler Headline reads heard hyphen idiom illiteracy instance Jake's Thing jejune Julia Ormond Kingsley Amis language Latin least less linguistic look meant never Nevertheless newspaper noun Nowadays Old English once one's ordinary original perhaps person Philip Larkin phrase Pidgin popular Popular etymology posh probably pronounced pronunciation prose question reader reason RECEIVED PRONUNCIATION recently refer rhyme rhythm rule say or write second syllable seems sense sentence shibboleth solecism sort sound speak speakers speech spelling spelling-pronunciation spelt split infinitives stress style surely syllable synonym talk term things thought tion usage verb vowel Welsh Welsh rabbit word meaning word-processor wrong