The King's English

The King's English  (1906) by Henry Watson Fowler Table of Contents

Chapter I: General Principles→

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No levell'd malice
Infects one comma in the course I hold.
TIMON OF ATHENS, I, i, 48.

Contents

PART I

• Chapter I: VOCABULARY
  • General Principles
  • Malaprops
• Chapter II: SYNTAX
• Chapter III: AIRS AND GRACES
• Chapter IV: PUNCTUATION

PART II

• Chapter V: EUPHONY
• Chapter VI: QUOTATION
• Chapter VII: GRAMMAR
• Chapter VIII: MEANING
• Chapter IX: AMBIGUITY
• Chapter X: STYLE

Introductory Note

Fowler and his brother F.G. Fowler together wrote The King's English.

External links

• Text of 1908 edition

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