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The Elements of Style

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The book sold on this page is NOT the 4th Edition of Strunk and White's Elements of Style. Nor is the "Look Inside" link correct. This is a public domain version of what appears to be Strunk's orginal book. The typography is not as described in the text. Comparative references to text in the "right column" and "left column" refer in this book to text in upper and lower paragraphs. Don't buy this book. Instead by the fourth edition by Longman Publishers.

Put the principles laid out in this slim book to use, and you will write better than ninety-nine percent of college educated Americans. Anyone reading your writing will thank you for it.

This has been a long-standing guide for writing. This book was recommended during the current writing class.

Of late, I have noticed an epidemic of misplaced apostrophes. I've seen them in emails, advertisements, just...everywhere. For example, I received an email from someone yesterday who wanted me to know of his availability on "Wednesday's." Wednesday doesn't own anything. The man's sentence made no sense! This kind of thing drives me crazy, especially when it comes from someone who clearly should know better.

Look, I'm anal about grammar. I should be - I make my living by the written word. I'm no grammatical saint either. I make my share of mistakes. That's why we (collectively, writers everywhere) have this book. I think it should be required reading in high school or college. There are so many educated people who have a hard time forming a proper sentence, and this need not be the case.

This book is a great resource, as many have noted. I think everyone should have a copy, especially those who need to work on their punctuation or some other aspect of their writing. I include myself in this category.

this books cleanses the article or letter or an essay with easy and simple rules. just around 20 pages. it hits my list of referential material;