دانلود کتاب Ernest Gowers: Plain Words and Forgotten Deeds

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Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Anatomy of a Victorian Family....Pages 1-6
Education for Public Service....Pages 7-15
Coping with Lloyd George....Pages 16-32
WWI: Under Cover at Wellington House....Pages 33-51
Influential Head of ‘Enfeebled’ Mines Department....Pages 52-64
‘Quis Custodiet?’ — Surtax, Syntax and Scandal....Pages 65-76
Mine Owners’ Bogy Man....Pages 77-90
WWII: Preparing for London’s Civil Defence....Pages 91-116
WWII: Leading London through the Blitz....Pages 117-140
Post-war Reconstruction....Pages 141-153
Abolishing Capital Punishment....Pages 154-171
Plain Words....Pages 172-187
Revising Fowler’s Modern English Usage....Pages 188-199
‘A Last Retrospect’....Pages 200-210
Back Matter....Pages 211-255