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About this title: Had Dickens owned a copy of The King's English he would not have written `your great ability and trustfulness'; he would have recognized the malapropism and realized that the context demanded `trustworthiness'. In this classic reference book the Fowler brothers illustrate by example all the blunders of English usage that are commonly made, and guide the reader to improved expression and style. * The essential guide to written English * Examples taken from famous authors and newspapers * The ideal companion to Fowler's Modern English Usage `deserves a garland ...the most concise and exhaustive ...
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King's English
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Fowler, H W, And First Glance Books
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company
Date Published: 04/1998
ISBN-13: 9781853263040
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Description: Good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding.  read more
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The King's English (Wordsworth Collection)
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H. W. Fowler
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: NTC/Contemporary Publishing Comp
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13: 9781853263040
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The King's English (Wordsworth Collection)
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H. W. Fowler
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Binding: Softcover
ISBN-13: 9781853263040
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Description: 1999. Softcover. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Shipped to over one million satisfied book lovers. Read with Experienced Books. Good condition, showing modest signs of wear. BINDING IS SOFTCOVER; Cover/spine has minor creases and/or small tears. Some rubbing on cover. read more
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The King's English (Wordsworth Collection)
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H. W. Fowler
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Date Published: 1999
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The King's English (Oxford Paperbacks)
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H. W. Fowler; F. G. Fowler
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13: 9780198813309
ISBN: 0198813309
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The King's English (Wordsworth Collection)
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H. W. Fowler
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Binding: Paperback
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Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13: 9781853263040
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The King's English (Oxford Paperbacks)
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Fowler, H. W.; Fowler, F. G.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 10/4/1973
ISBN-13: 9780198813309
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The King's English (Oxford Paperbacks)
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Fowler, H. W.; Fowler, F. G.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13: 9780198813309
ISBN: 0198813309
Description: Fair. 0198813309 Used-Acceptable. read more
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The King's English: an Essential Guide to Written English
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Fowler, F. G.; Fowler, H. W.; Fowler, Henry Watson; Fowler, Francis George
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford Univ Press, Oxford, New York
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13: 9780198813309
ISBN: 0198813309
Description: Very Good. Very Good, Paperback, Front cover has crease, crease in spine, X-lib, writing inside front cover. read more
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The King's English Second Edition
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H. W. Fowler And F. G. Fowler
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Binding: Hardcover
Description: Fair. Hardcover. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Shipped to over one million satisfied book lovers. Read with Experienced Books. Acceptable condition reading copy showing definate wear. All pages plus cover present. BINDING IS HARDCOVER; Some aging/yellowing of text pages. Some discoloration/sunfade of cover/spine. Cover has some wear on edges. Tape on cover. read more
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The King's English, Third Edition
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Fowler, H. W. And F. G. Fowler
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford at the Clarendon Press
Date Published: 1949
Description: Very Good. NO JACKET. Attractive copy in dark blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, interior clean, binding tight; foxing to endpapers, with light age-toning throughout, somewhat darker on textblock edges; boards show mild wear at corners and spine ends. VG/No DJ. read more
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The King's English
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H.W. Fowler
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Binding: Hardcover
Description: 1951. Hardcover. Third. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Shipped to over one million satisfied book lovers. Read with Experienced Books. Good condition, showing modest signs of wear. Minor small bends/tears to edges of dust jacket. Dust jacket: Acceptable. read more
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King's English. (Third Edition)
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Fowler, H. W. And F. G. Fowler
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Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Description: Very Good. B000PANE8A 22846 PB: spine smooth, text clean, cover has slight shelf wear-allow up to 21 business days for standard USPS media m ai l. wt1lbpf. read more
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King's English
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Fowler, H.W. & F.G.
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Wordsworth Reference
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13: 9781853263040
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Description: Good + Binding is tight, corners bumped, usual wear, "The King's English established itself during the 20th century as the standard guide to grammar and diction....It contains cheerful sections on vocabulary, punctuation and 'airs and graces' which will enchant the reader as well as acting as timely reminders against carelessness, and there are more contentious syntactical sections which provide fodder for endless enjoyable linguistic argument. ", 383 pages. read more
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King's English (Reference Library)
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Fowler, H. W. & Fowler, F. G.
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Binding: Soft Cover
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions, Limited, Ware, United Kingdom
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13: 9781853263040
ISBN: 1853263044
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo. There is no DJ. Cover is illustrated blue, glossy paper, on light board, with gold printing, on the front. There is some wear at the edges and corners. Spine is blue, glossy paper, with gold lettering. Cover, Pages and Binding are clean and tight. There are several spots of residue from gummed labels, on the front. read more
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King's English
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Fowler, H.W. and F.G. Fowler
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Wordsworth Reference
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13: 9781853263040
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Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Wordsworth Collection. Audience: General/trade. read more
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The King's English
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F G Fowler H W Fowler
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Edition: 3rd
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: OXFORD
Date Published: 1931
Description: Good. Hardcover. 1951 printing. Clean and unmarked interior (NOT ex-lib). Dust jacket in poor shape with to large tears bottom front (crumpling DJ) and smaller tears and chips along top edge and spine ends. Some age discoloration to end papers and paste-downs. Boards have some edgewear but corners are in good shape. Solid binding. read more
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The King's English: an Essential Guide to Written English--Third Edition
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Fowler, H. W. And Fowler, F. G.
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Oxford Univ Press
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13: 9780198813309
ISBN: 0198813309
Description: Very Good. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Reprint of the 1931 Third Edition. First published 1906. TRADE PAPERBACK IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. Cover and interior are clean and unmarked, toned around edges. Slight cover edgewear, crease on lower front and rear corners is sharp, almost torn through. Tight binding. Classic reference work, written with "the good sense and liveliness that is characteristic of the Folwers". 381 pp. read more
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The King's English: an Essential Guide to Written English
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Fowler H W, Fowler F G, Fowler Henry Watson; Fowler Francis George
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford Univ Press, UK
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13: 9780198813309
ISBN: 0198813309
Description: Used; Good in None as Published jacket. 8vo-over 7.75"-9.75" tall. 1985 paperback, ex-library, sound but used condition, top of title page torn, contents good, securely packed and promptly dispatched from our UK warehouse. read more
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The King's English
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13: 9780198813309
ISBN: 0198813309
Description: Good. PAPERBACK Contents clean and tight, covers rubbed bumped and lightly creased. Clean and sound with some reading wear. Over twenty years selling secondhand books. read more
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The King's English
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13: 9780198813309
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The King's English
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13: 9781853263040
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The King's English
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Fowler, H W And E G
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, London
Date Published: 1925
Description: Minor age wear to binding (corners bumped etc. ) but basically good and tight, pages clean, prev. owner name to flyleaf, overall v. good for its age. read more
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The King's English
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Fowler H.W. And F.G. Fowler
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Binding: Cloth
Publisher: OUP
Date Published: 1938
Description: Very Good. 8vo Thrid edition. read more
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