The Elements of Style
A Style Guide for Writers
(The Original 1918 Text)
by
William Strunk
ISBN 0-9752298-0-X
Paperback: 62 pages
 | | Is this you? Do you...
struggle with your grammar;
get your apostrophe placement mixed up;
confuse your commas with your colons;
write more passive than active;
write negatives harshly;
include unnecessary words;
write your sentences loose;
co-ordinate ideas in dissimilar forms;
mix tense when summarizing;
place emphatic words willy-nilly? |
If this sounds like you then this book could be just what you've been looking for. The Elements of Style will answer all of these questions, and more.
The Elements of Style:
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is intended for use in English courses in which the practice of composition is combined with the study of literature; |
| aims to give in brief space the principal requirements of plain English style; |
| aims to lighten the task of instructor and student by concentrating attention (in Chapters II and III) on a few essentials, the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated; |
| explores a few matters of form; |
| discusses words and expressions commonly misused and misspelled. |
From William Strunk...
It is an old observation that the best writers sometimes disregard the rules of rhetoric. When they do so, however, the reader will usually find in the sentence some compensating merit, attained at the cost of the violation. Unless he is certain of doing as well, he will probably do best to follow the rules. After he has learned, by their guidance, to write plain English adequate for everyday uses, let him look, for the secrets of style, to the study of the masters of literature.
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