Ernest Gowers Professions : Author Born : June 2, 1880 Died : April 16, 1966 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Ernest Gowers That it is a solecism to begin a sentence with 'and' is a faintly lingering superstition. The OED gives examples ranging from the 10th to the 19th c.; the Bible is full of them. Ernest Gowers superstitions example giving Be clear, be brief, be human. Ernest Gowers clear humans I was in favour of the death penalty, and disposed to regard abolitionists as people whose hearts were bigger than their heads. Four years of close study of the subject gradually dispelled that feeling. In the end I became convinced that the abolitionists were right in their conclusions...and that far from the sentimental approach leading into their camp and the rational one into that of the supporters, it was the other way about. Ernest Gowers heart people years Similar Authors F. E. Marsh author Iimani David author Beatrice Faust author Isabella Macdonald Alden author Isabella Beeton author Alan AtKisson author All Authors
