Of English
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The Handy Facts Of English
Hhe Facts Of English, Is,
L we were rather astonished to sad, the first reference book of nglish ever to be produced especially >r Australia. If it is, the authors, onald Ridout and L. H. Christie are ititled to pat themselves on the ack for producing such a practical ad intelligent book as the first one i the field.
Mr. Ridout is a successful writer F English text books and Mr. hristie is Senior English Master at :otch College, Melbourne, and stween them they offer clear, easy > find guidance on the main points f our language likely to require aecking by every day users. They ave in fact produced something of condensed simplified Fowler, with number of additions of their own, icluding a useful selection of Aus alian slang terms.
The authors are not pedants, with rim views on splitting infinitives, [f by splitting an infinitive”, they ly, “we can avoid awkwardness and mbiguity, we are perfectly justified”.
The book lists numbers of words, milar in meaning or spelling which re regularly used, and outlines their :cepted usage (which, the authors oint out in their practical way, is not ecessarily the original meaning).
(The Facts Op English. F. W.
heshire. 21/-.)