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| The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition | 
 enlarge | Authors: William Strunk Jr., E. B. White
Creator: Roger Angell
Publisher: Longman
Discount Category: Book
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Customer Ratings:  374 comments
Media: Paperback
Edition: 4th
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 105
Shipping Weight (pounds): 0.2
Dimensions (inch): 7 x 4.4 x 0.4
ISBN: 020530902X
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.042
UPC: 076092005445
EAN: 9780205309023
Publication Date: August 2, 1999
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 Simply the Best March 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this comment useful.
The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition
I have lived with the original edition for around 50 years. The fourth edition is an expanded but still concise guide containing practically everything that writers must know to write good English. There are other excellent and bigger books on the subject, but this beats them for sheer quality and brevity.
Nice Book March 5, 2008
1 out of 2 found this comment useful.
Very well written book, has helped me a lot in writing and helping my daughter with some of her courses.
Buy it. Read it. Live it. February 17, 2008
7 out of 7 found this comment useful.
If you are reading these reviews, you are either a writer or a student. Both of these appointments require the use of this book and regularly. Do not let your library be without this reference.
As textbooks go, this is a shiny penny. It is easy on the eyes and easy on the cerebrum. Many times I find myself consulting it for the proper placement of commas and such. I'll pick it up from time to time and read a few pages just to keep myself sharp. How many times I have out to use something I read in passing.
Buy it. Read it. Live it.
 Simplistic and "write by numbers" February 13, 2008
0 out of 11 found this comment useful.
I didn't find this book very useful at all. The rules and rules of what is correct writing just didn't help me. It is good to know rules, but the inflexible manner of this book was not very useful. For instance, some books have to be grammatically incorrect. Sentence fragments, run-on sentences, etc. all can build tension or a feeling in a book, but this isn't allowed according to Strunk and White. A decent book at giving the fundamentals of style, but not one to slavishly ape.
The Elements of Style January 28, 2008
2 out of 3 found this comment useful.
Very good reference to improve your writing. This book will enable you to produce better essays. In addition, it is also recommended by the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence, an alternative route to teaching in USA. A very handy pocketbook, you can take it anywhere. Remember, the more you practice writing, the better it gets. So, practice, practice, practice.
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