The King’s English.
Third Edition. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1949. 13 cm x 18.5 cm. 383 pages. Original hardcover. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear.
Includes for example the following essays: Malaprops / Americanisms / Slang / Comparatives and superlatives / Inversion / Metaphor / Cheap originality / The colon / Hyphens / Jingles / Wens and hypertrophied members / Incorrect allusion / Brachyology / ‘Split’ auxiliaries / Journalese / Anacoluthon etc.
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