Simon Heffer

What’s the difference between ‘imply’ and ‘infer’, or ‘fewer’ and ‘less’? When should you put owing to rather than due to? Why should the use of actually and basically be strenuously resisted? How do you use an apostrophe correctly? Why does precision in language matter? Are there rules or is meaning all that matters? Are you uninterested or disinterested?

Fleet Street veteran, author of bestselling Strictly English and The Reinvention of England, Simon Heffer has now written Simply English, a seriously amusing and informative book, which identifies common errors and covers all aspects of writing well, from use of adjectives and punctuation to matters of syntax and style.