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Elements of Style, The Paperback – 23 July 1999

by William Strunk (Author), E. White (Author)

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This book has conveyed the principles of English style to millions of readers

The revisions to this edition are purposely kept minimal in order to retain the book's unique tone, wit, and charm. A new Glossary of the grammatical terms used in the book provides a convenient reference for readers. The discussion of pronoun use is revised to reflect the contemporary concern with sexist language. In addition, there are numerous slight revisions in the book itself which implement this advice. A Foreword by Roger Angell reminds readers that the advice of Strunk & White is as valuable today as when it was first offered.

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9780205309023
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978-0205309023
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4th
Publisher

Pearson
Publication date

23 July 1999
Language

English
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17.78 x 11.43 x 0.76 cm
Print length

128 pages
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"...a marvellous and timeless little book... Here, succinctly, elegantly and without fuss are the essentials of writing clear, correct English."

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"...a marvellous and timeless little book... Here, succinctly, elegantly and without fuss are the essentials of writing clear, correct English."

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 020530902X
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pearson; 4th edition (23 July 1999)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780205309023
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0205309023
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 17.78 x 11.43 x 0.76 cm

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William Strunk Jr. (1 July 1869 – 26 September 1946), was a professor of English at Cornell University and author of the The Elements of Style (1918). After revision and enlargement by his former student E. B. White, it became a highly influential guide to English usage during the late 20th century, commonly called Strunk & White.

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As a novice writer I found this was a great basis for most of the writing I've done since reading it. It helps with both fundamentals and lesser known rules of writing and is something I can come back to for reference in both formal and informal writing.

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I used to use bad grammar and now I don't. Buy this book and you got the power of good grammar too.
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Rend la grammaire moins barbante !!!

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E-Book and Hardcover

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E-BOOK
I bought the E-book first and cannot recommend it. Unless you are keen on feasting your eyes on poor formatting, do not buy the E-Book version. The author makes examples side by side to show what a false sentence and a correct sentence look like, easy for the reader to differentiate. In the E-book, these sentences get jumbled and thrown together, creating a self-repeating monstrosity of unsalvagable caliber.

Tl;dr: Do not buy the E-book.

HARDCOVER
After my experience with the Ebook, I bought the hardcover. Lo and behold, sentences started to make sense again.
In 21 chapters the book manages to effectively and succinctly describe rules of grammarian conduct rules such as the use of possessive singulars, serial commas, the relationship between conjunctions, adverbs, and commas, when and when not to use a colon, semi-colon, or a dash, etc.
Furthermore, the book contains information about composition of paragraphs and sentences and a list of common errors that are to be avoided.

To summarise: The book is a small bible for grammarian conduct rules for writers and the grammatically inclined.

Tl;dr: Buy the Hardcover. The book is fantastic.

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Now for the book. The size of the book surprised me for a while but I had read, in Stephen King's Memoir on Wiritng included, that this tiny book serves as a starter for every serious writer. And it's just that. Right from cutting out unnecessary words to punctuation, to principles of composition, this book will provide you the basic tools for writing as a novice writer.

I intend to keep this book handy whenever I write and that says a lot about how good this book is because I HATE self help and how-to books.

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