Summary

A stylistic guide to English usage and composition, based on the house style manual of "The Economist" newspaper, providing general advice on writing, and discussing common errors and cliches, punctuation and grammar rules, the Greek alphabet, mathematical symbols, the winter Olympic games, and the solar system, along with the differences between American and British English syntax, punctuation, and spelling.

A stylistic guide to English usage and composition, based on the house style manual of "The Economist" newspaper, providing general advice on writing, and discussing common errors and cliches, punctuation and grammar rules, the Greek alphabet, mathematical symbols, the winter Olympic games, and the solar system, along with the differences between American and British English syntax, punctuation, and spelling.