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A Parthian shot from one of the most important figures in post-war British fiction, The King's English is the late Kingsley Amis's last word on the state of the language. More frolicsome than Fowler's Modern Usage, lighter than the Oxford English Dictionary, and brimming with the strong opinions and razor-sharp wit that made Amis so popular--and so controversial--The King's English is a must for fans and language purists.
- Sales Rank: #945489 in Books
- Published on: 1999-08-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.28" h x .80" w x 5.50" l,
- Binding: Paperback
- 288 pages
Amazon.com Review
Kingsley Amis's The King's English is as witty and biting as his novels. Modestly presented as a volume "in which some modern linguistic problems are discussed and perhaps settled," Amis's usage guide is a worthy companion to his revered Fowler's. The King's English is distinctly British, but never mind: it is sensational. And unlike many of his countrymen, Amis is decidedly pro-American, even admitting a "bias towards American modes of expression as likely to seem the livelier and ... smarter alternative." In a world populated by usage mavens too willing to waffle, Amis is refreshingly unequivocal. On the expression meaningful dialogue? It "looks and sounds unbearably pompous. Nevertheless one would not wish to be deprived of a phrase that so unerringly points out its user as a humourless ninny." To cross one's 7's, he says, "is either gross affectation or, these days, straightforward ignorance." And the frequently misused word viable, he claims, "should be dropped altogether ... simply because it has taken the fancy of every trendy little twit on the look-out for a posh word for feasible, practicable." Forget Amis's protestations of being unfit for the position of language arbiter; after all, as he says, "the defence of the language is too large a matter to be left to the properly qualified." --Jane Steinberg
From the Publisher
"Readers who missed, in our cautious times, old-fashioned invective will find Amis their man...This is entertaining, like an Amis novel." --The Wall Street Journal
"Smart, witty and idiosyncratic" --San Diego Union-Tribune
"A brilliant practitioner of English prose." --Time
"Surprisingly non-stickling...[Amis] can blast with the best." --L.A. Times
"Entertaining is not normally a word reserved for usage manuals. Leave it to Amis...to deliver a style manual laced with witty, acerbic commentary." --Booklist
"There may be more comprehensive guides to English usage but there will never be a more entertaining one. Nor one more passionate." --Daily Mail (UK)
About the Author
Hailed as one of the great prose stylists to appear in England since the Second World War, Kingsley Amis is the author of more than 20 novels, including Lucky Jim and the Booker-prize winning The Old Devils. Also recognized as a distinguished poet and literary critic, he died in 1995.
Most helpful customer reviews
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful.
GREAT AS REFERENCE BOOK--BETTER AS ENTERTAINMENT!
By London Braithewaite
I agree with Sir Kingsley that nothing will ever replace FOWLER'S, though many have tried (Merriam Webster is a respected, wholly American enterprise). The beloved M.E.U. remains the standard, to be sure, but Amis's offereing is more an exercise in side-splitting sardonic humor about the common mistakes in English usage than the prosaic utility of its revered predecessor. Some of the funniest examples are the most useful, the most erudite being the most interesting. But I do not agree, as some of its critics maintain, that this is only meant for the people of Britain. Sir Kingsley is a thorough-going defender of "Americanisms." I recommend you obtain this volume for your work desk, but also for your favorite reading place. And be prepared to laugh out loud!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
Guidance on English from a knowledgeable, skilled, and passionate user
By R. M. Peterson
I happen to like Kingsley Amis and his writings. Over the years I have read about six of his books, and from them and what I have read about him I find him knowledgeable, usually entertaining, and often very funny. Best of all, he is an excellent writer. It was clear to me, even before I came across THE KING'S ENGLISH, that Kingsley Amis cared, intensely, about the English language. Published posthumously, this book contains a host of his opinions on English words and usage, arranged alphabetically, and I recommend it to anyone who also cares about communicating clearly and gracefully in the English language.
As the sub-title suggests, the book is most readily categorized as a guide to usage, but the word "guide" needs to be emphasized. THE KING'S ENGLISH is by no means comprehensive or exhaustive. Instead, it is a collection of comments, condemnations, and -- above all -- "guidance for those who may want it." Amis commends both H.W. Fowler and his "Modern English Usage" (one of Amis's entries is essentially a tribute to Fowler), but Amis is a little more relaxed and commonsensical in his views on what is acceptable or tolerable than was Fowler. For American readers and speakers of English, a downside of the book is that it is concerned primarily with British English rather than American, and perhaps as much as a quarter of the book is of little or no interest to an American. But for me that negative is more than off-set by the extraordinarily keen sense (or ear) that Amis has for the nuances of usage and meaning, his passion for his subject, and -- I return to it again -- his writing ability. As a bonus, THE KING'S ENGLISH is laced with Amis's characteristic wit.
In the end, manuals and guides on usage can take one only so far. More important is experience in the language and mindfulness. As Amis writes in the entry for "genteelism" (i.e., a stylish or "posh" word -- "highfalutin" to some of us Americans -- used in place of a more apt everyday word), "The annoying truth is that almost every written word confronts the writer with a choice for which no rule will ever quite serve, and the price of a good style, like that of other desirable things, is eternal vigilance." Thus, "Rule 1 of writing is to get everything right as far as you can * * *."
More so than the more typical or comprehensive book on proper usage, THE KING'S ENGLISH can be read straight through, although for me doing so became a bit of a chore. Still, it was time and effort well-spent, and doing so persuaded me that I (and probably many others who care about words and language) should browse through a decent book on usage every year or so.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful.
WRITING WRONGS
By A Customer
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Are you disinterested or uninterested? When do you say alternately or should it be alternatively? These are words we hear everyday; but they are often confused and misused, even in the mainstream media. Help is at hand. The famous English author Kingsley Amis's last book The King's English will provide professional writers and those who care about their language, expert guidance in the usage of English.
Amis is best known for his novels such as Lucky Jim and the Old Devils, but he was also a skilled observer and commentator on late 20th Century life and language. Amis died in 1995, with this book being published posthumously, two years later.
In this book, he takes us from the classic formalism of old-school academic scholars with their groundings in Latin and Greek, through to the street-wise pop-media of the contemporary world. He bridges the gap between the rigorous, proscribed rules of the original 1926 classic H.W. Fowler's Modern English Usage and the modern, pragmatic world where English is recognised as the global language. Despite being an Englishman, Amis acknowledged the ascendancy and the practical "correctness" of American English.
Amis in his book is very careful not to be too pedantic with his comments. In his entry on the pronunciation of kilometre, he argues against the common practice of stressing the second syllable and therefore making it sound like a device to measure items grouped in thousands. Amis assures us such a device once existed, but he concludes "not many people know that, or would care if they did."
Amis has fun criticising - and gently mocking - fashionable trends in writing, particularly in the field of newspaper journalism. In his entry on headlines, Amis gives examples of sub-editors stringing together three or more nouns to make a headline, such as, SCHOOL COACH CRASH DRAMA. He also criticises the journalistic trick of overloading descriptions in one sentence, which he calls the "gorged-snake construction."
Political abuse of the language is also put under the Amis spotlight. How often do we hear politicians "refuting", when all they are doing is denying, and not proving the falsity of the allegation, which is what the word really means?
The King's English is not an exhaustive guide to language use, but anybody who makes a living from writing or takes other people's writing seriously will want to keep a copy of this book close by their dictionary. Should we be implying or inferring this? Either way, this book is inspirational, amusing as well as instructive.
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