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‘Learned, robust, aggressive, extremely funny... Magnificent’
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‘Always a delight. Consistently, enormously enjoyable’
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‘Fabulously well written... marvellous’
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Sir Kingsley Amis occupied a unique position in the world of English letters. As well as being one of the most successful and influential novelists since the war, he was a poet, critic and prolific anthologiser. In all his work, and throughout his life, the use and abuse of the English language was one of his principal concerns. His last book, 'The King's English', entertainingly, authoritatively and concisely conveys his love and knowledge of the subject. Here can be found all those linguistic pitfalls ('crescendo', 'enormity', 'disinterested') which lie in wait for the ignorant or the careless. And if you've ever wondered whether it's acceptable to start a sentence with 'and', or what you risk revealing about yourself by your pronunciation of 'liqueur', or whether or not it's acceptable to cross your sevens in the French style, Amis has the answer. Arranged alphabetically, by turns reflective, acerbic, combative and controversial, 'The King's English' will find a place on the shelves of anyone who cares about the English language and the way in which it is used.
‘A classic in the making... there may be more comprehensive guides to English usage but there will never be a more entertaining one’
KEITH WATERHOUSE, 'Daily Mail'
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