Style Guide and Elementary Rules of Usage: The Elements of Style (Paperback)

from Ranjr

Definitely a textbook. Really the only parts of interest in this book that I found were chapters 2: Elementary Principles of Composition and 5: An Approach to Style. Chapter 2 was the more interesting and informative of the two. The rest is okay for a mechanical refresher on English sentences tho...

from quantum.alex

Perhaps some of the specific word choices are out of date, but don't throw the baby out with the bath water. I've found its more general guidelines invaluable reminders; for example, "make the paragraph the unit of composition" and "use specific, definite, concrete language" (which, I'm afraid, s...

from mykl-s

I owned two or three editions of this guide, which helped me learn to write more clearly.

from Ghost_Boy

This has been on my shelf for too long. I'm glad I actually read the whole thing instead of glancing. I'll be rereading this book many times.

from Ghost_Boy

This has been on my shelf for too long. I'm glad I actually read the whole thing instead of glancing. I'll be rereading this book many times.