A senior British civil servant, Sir Ernest Gowers was the author of both Plain words (1948) and The ABC of plain words (1951). These two works he later combined and revised as The complete plain words (1954). He went on to revise H. W. Fowler's evergreen work Modern English usage (1965).
Born | 1880 |
Died | 1966 |
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Born | 1880 |
Died | 1966 |
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English language, English language, errors of usage, English language, style, English language, terms and phrases, Errors of usage, Style, Terms and phrases, Vocabulary, 428, Anglais (Langue), Dictionaries, Dictionary, Dictionnaires, Engels, English, English language, dictionaries, English language, usage, English language--usage, English language--usage--dictionaries, How-to and do-it-yourself, Idioms, Idioms, corrections, errors, Ingles (Dicionarios), Language, Language and linguisticsID Numbers
- OLID: OL1047960A
- ISNI: 0000000110654428
- VIAF: 61583646
- Wikidata: Q5393149
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q5393149
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- Ernest Arthur Gowers, Sir G.C.B.
- Ernest Gowers, Sir
- Ernest Gowers
- Gowers, Ernest Arthur Sir
- Ernest Arthur, Sir Gowers
- Gowers, Ernest Sir.
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