biography
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Gowers, Sir Ernest (Arthur)
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| lived:
| (1880–1966)
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| biography:
| British civil servant, and author of an influential work on English usage. He studied at Cambridge, and was called to the bar in 1906. After a distinguished career in the civil service, he wrote Plain Words (1948) and ABC of Plain Words (1951) in an attempt to maintain standards of clear English, especially in official prose. |
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