Plain Words: Their ABC.The purpose of this book is to help officials in their use of written English as a tool for their trade. |
Contents
PROLOGUE | 3 |
A DIGRESSION ON LEGAL ENGLISH | 13 |
THE ELEMENTS | 22 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
adjective adverb alternative ambiguity antecedent arrangements authority avoid bottleneck called claim cliché comma committee common convey correspondent danger Department dictionary doubt elegant variation English example express Fowler full stop George Orwell gerund give given grammar grammarians hyphen idiom important instance Ivor Brown jargon language less letter matter meaning meant ment merely metaphors mind Minister Ministry never noun object official writing officialese omitted ordinary overall padding parenthesis participle perhaps person phrasal verbs phrase plain plural position practice precise preposition pronoun proper purpose question quoted reader reason recognised reference regard relative clause rule seems semicolon sense sentence simple singular Sir Alan Herbert Sir Winston Sir Winston Churchill sometimes sort split infinitive style target tence things thought tion transitive verb trouble usage verb verbose vocabulary words written wrong