In his best-sellingStrictly EnglishSimon Heffer explained how to write and speak our language well. InSimply Englishhe offers an entertaining and supremely useful AZ guide to frequent errors, common misunderstandings and stylistic howlers. What is the difference betweenamendandemend, betweenimplyandinfer, and betweenuninterestedanddisinterested? When should one putowing torather thandue to?Why should the temptation to writeactually,basicallyorat this moment in timealways be strenuously resisted? How does one use an apostrophe correctly, ensure that one understands whatalibireally means, and avoid the perils of the double negative?

With articles on everything from punctuation to tabloid English to adverbs and adjectives, Simply Englishis the essential companion for anyone who cares about the language and wants to use it correctly.

Simon Heffer was born in 1960. He read English at Cambridge and took a PhD in modern history at that university. His previous books include:Moral Desperado: A Life of Thomas Carlyle,Like the Roman: The Life of Enoch Powell,Power and Place: The Political Life of King Edward VII,Nor Shall My Sword: The Reinvention of England,Vaughan Williams,Strictly English,A Short History of Power,Simply EnglishandHigh Minds: The Victorians and the Birth of Modern Britain. In a thirty-year career in Fleet Street, he has held senior editorial positions onThe Daily TelegraphandThe Spectator,and is now a columnist forThe DailyandSunday Telegraphs.