Pedants of the world unite

Simon Heffer is one of our foremost and unforgiving guardians of the English language.

The former Daily Telegraph style editor established himself as such in his books, Strictly English : The Correct Way to Write and Why it Matters ( 2010 ) and Simply English : An A to Z of Avoidable Errors ( 2014 ) In Scarcely English , he returns to his favourite themes: how to write correct, simple, precise and pleasing English prose.

Scarcely English: An A-Z of Assaults on Our Language , by Simon Heffer , is published by Hutchinson Heinemann .

Patrick West says Heffer 's arguments are not wholly persuasive.

Heffer rails against enormity’ used as a synonym for immensity’, but I fear that battle has been lost.