The King's English: A Guide to Modern Usage

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St. Martin's Press, Jul 30, 1999 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 288 pages
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A Parthian shot from one of the most important figures in post-war British fiction, The King's English is the late Kingsley Amis's last word on the state of the language. More frolicsome than Fowler's Modern Usage, lighter than the Oxford English Dictionary, and brimming with the strong opinions and razor-sharp wit that made Amis so popular--and so controversial--The King's English is a must for fans and language purists.

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About the author (1999)

Hailed as one of the great prose stylists to appear in England since the Second World War, Kingsley Amis is the author of more than 20 novels, including Lucky Jim and the Booker-prize winning The Old Devils. Also recognized as a distinguished poet and literary critic, he died in 1995.

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TitleThe King's English: A Guide to Modern Usage
AuthorKingsley Amis
PublisherSt. Martin's Press, 1999
ISBN0312206577, 9780312206574
Length288 pages
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Language Arts & Disciplines / Grammar & Punctuation
Language Arts & Disciplines / Rhetoric
  
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