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Henry Watson Fowler

Born

in Tonbridge, The United Kingdom

March 10, 1858

Died

December 26, 1933

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Henry Watson Fowler (10 March 1858 – 26 December 1933) was an English schoolmaster, lexicographer and commentator on the usage of the English language. He is notable for both A Dictionary of Modern English Usage and his work on the Concise Oxford Dictionary, and was described by The Times as "a lexicographical genius".

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	A Dictionary of Modern English Usage by Henry Watson Fowler, Ernest A. Gowers (Editor) 4.22 avg rating — 1,058 ratings — published 1926 — 85 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The King's English (Oxford Language Classics Series) by Henry Watson Fowler, F.G. Fowler 3.73 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 1906 — 147 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Concise Oxford Dictionary 4.32 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1911 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The H.W. Fowler Book and Bio Set: Consisting of The New Fowler's Modern English Usage and The Warden of English2-Volume Set it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fowler's Modern English Usage (2nd Edition) by Fowler, H.W. [01 April 1983] really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fowler's Concise English Dictionary it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The works of Lucian of Samosata, complete with exceptions specified in the preface. In four Volumes, Volume II it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rhymes of Darby to Joan really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The King's English Abridged for School Use 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2008 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	If Wishes Were Horses 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Pretentious quotations [are] the surest road to tedium.”
― Henry Watson Fowler, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage

tags: pretension, quotations, roads, tedium

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“An excessive use of exclamation marks is a certain indication of an unpractised writer or of one who wants to add a spurious dash of sensation to something unsensational.”
― H. W. Fowler

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“Anyone who uses that phrase [between you and I] lives in a grammarless cavern.”
― Henry Watson Fowler

tags: grammar-humor, h-w-fowler, henry-fowler

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