The Telegraph's master English stylist shows how it's done
In a career of more than 25 years in Fleet Street Simon Heffer has written columns for and held senior positions on the Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph and The Spectator. It was while associate editor of The Daily Telegraph that his emails to staff lamenting their lapses in English became an internet cult, and led to the writing of this book. He read English at Cambridge and holds a PhD from that university in history. His previous books include- Moral Desperado- A Life of Thomas Carlyle, Like the Roman- The Life of Enoch Powell, Nor Shall My Sword- The Reinvention of England and Vaughan Williams.
An impassioned case for correct English, full of practical
advice
*Country Life*
Every one of us who gasps at the use of English in the papers each
morning or harrumphs on turning on the radio will find much to
applaud
*The Spectator*
I have spent several productive hours reading Strictly English
*Daily Telegraph*
His evidently strong feelings about his subject, fluently
expressed, make this book lively and engrossing
*Times Literary Supplement*
The Holy Grail of grammar ... It is a delight to read and learn
from this book
*Field*
Heffer's polemic in favour of grammatical precision is an important
and persuasive one
*Choice*
Anyone who writes for a living, or who wants to write well, could
benefit from a few hours spent with Heffer's amusing and clearly
organised book
*Literary Review*
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