# The King's English

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- Book: [The King's English](https://www.bookquiver.com/kingsley-amis/the-kings-english) ([The King's English.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/kingsley-amis/the-kings-english.md))
- Authors: [Kingsley Amis](https://www.bookquiver.com/kingsley-amis)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4119-431-8
- Pages: 272
- Published: 2011-06-02
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The King's English is Kingsley Amis's authoritative and witty guide to the use and abuse of the English language. A scourge of illiteracy and a thorn in the side of pretension, Amis provides indispensable advice about the linguistic blunders and barbarities that lie in wait for us, from danglers, four-letter words to jargon and even Welsh rarebit. If you have ever wondered whether it's acceptable to start a sentence with 'and', to boldly split an infinitive, or to cross your sevens in the French style, Amis has the answer - or a trenchant opinion. By turns reflective, acerbic and provocative, The King's English is for anyone who cares about how the English language is used.