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24%OFFSimon Heffer - Strictly English - 9780099537939 - V9780099537939
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Strictly English

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Description for Strictly English Paperback. The author's incisive and amusingly despairing emails to colleagues at the "The Daily Telegraph" about grammatical mistakes and stylistic slips have attracted a growing band of ardent fans over the years. In this book, he makes an impassioned case for an end to the sloppiness that has become such a hallmark of everyday speech and writing. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBW; JNZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 252.

"Be in no doubt: the beer was drunk but the man drank the beer."

"We must avoid vulgarities like 'front up'. If someone is 'fronting up' a television show, then he is presenting it."

Simon Heffer's incisive and amusingly despairing emails to colleagues at the The Daily Telegraph about grammatical mistakes and stylistic slips have attracted a growing band of ardent fans over recent years. Now, in his new book Strictly English, he makes an impassioned case for an end to the sloppiness that has become such a hallmark of everyday speech and writing, and shows how accuracy ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
252 g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099537939
SKU
V9780099537939
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-28

About Simon Heffer
In a career of more than 25 years in Fleet Street Simon Heffer has written columns for and held senior positions on the Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph and The Spectator. It was while associate editor of The Daily Telegraph that his emails to staff lamenting their lapses in English became an internet cult, and led to the writing of ... Read more

Reviews for Strictly English
An impassioned case for correct English, full of practical advice
Country Life
Every one of us who gasps at the use of English in the papers each morning or harrumphs on turning on the radio will find much to applaud
The Spectator
I have spent several productive hours reading Strictly English
Jeffrey Archer
Daily ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Strictly English


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