The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition | 
| Authors: William Strunk Jr., E. B. White
Creator: Roger Angell
Publisher: Longman
Category: Book
Buy New: $9.95
Rating:  369 reviews
Sales Rank: 1342
Media: Paperback
Edition: 4th
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 105
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 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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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com Review
A masterpiece in the art of clear and concise writing, and an exemplar of the principles it explains.
Product Description
Contains rules of grammar phrased as direct orders and provides the principal requirements of plain English style. Concentrates on fundamentals: the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated. Softcover. DLC: English language--Style.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 364 more reviews...
 :) November 13, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great book, my copy got me through high school and I gave this one as a gift.
Strunk and White should be next to your dictionary. November 10, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Strunk and Whites Elements of style deals with the slippery and vague elements of the English language; turns them around and upside down and then puts them in the right place, never to be forgotten again.
Your Strunk and White is a tool, one and a quarter inch thick, five and a quarter inch wide and eight and a quarter inch long or 1.5 x 13.5 x 21 cm. How do you write a date, the one on the calendar, when should you use a colon, the double dotted one, or a comma? Strunk and White will take away your doubts and set you on solid ground. It's even entertaining reading if you have nothing else to do. Highly recommended.
 The Elements of Style September 29, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
As an author, I struggle with my style of writing to gain an oridance. this book was suggested to me by me Editor, and an instructor from a grammer free proof reading class I took. It has put great perspective on how I should write.
Great Reference September 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE is a great little pocket reference for all writers (creative, essay, or nonfiction).
What is most amazing is how it consolidates a wealth of information into accessible, bite-size chapters that are easy to search on and then easy to comprehend.
The sections that I have found the most helpful are:
1) Verb Subject Agreement for the exceptions, "one of" and "each and every".
2) Why using the Active Voice is better through exhibition and not b/c it's the general rule.
3) Putting statements into positive form (something I had not considered).
4) And the entire section on "Approach to Style".
I think that for the price, you can not go wrong with this one. I have GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT by Stilman and SOLUTIONS FOR WRITERS by Stein, both of which I recommend, but if you had to choose the order in which to buy: ELEMENTS OF STYLE, SOLUTIONS FOR WRITERS (as it's not just about writing but the craft of story telling), and then GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT.
Elements of Style, a text for a lifetime August 3, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have used this text when tutoring individual students at the undergraduate and graduate level. I have also used it extensively in my management development classses featuring writing. It is superb,clearly written with almost brazen simplicity. It is the special gift that I give to students and trainees to keep for a lifetime.
Dr. Word Merchant, Ph.D.
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