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Summary: Don't write another sentence until you've read this book.
Review: Strunk's and White's wit and wisdom come together beautifully in this timeless masterpiece. If you plan on writing so much as a friendly letter in your life, you NEED this book. If you regularly do any significant amount of writing, you ought to read it more than once. The only other thing I can think to say is BUY IT, BUY IT, BUY IT!
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Summary: Excellent book for those who must write.
Review: This book was recommended to me by my college professor. It is an excellent source for college students. I plan to buy extra copies and give them as graduation gifts.
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Summary: Don't write a paper without it!
Review: I first met this book at age 13, when I was planning to become a writer. Later English teachers foisted huge tomes upon me, all purporting to teach me how to write correctly and well. But none of those books taught me as much as this gem. Besides fixing many important grammar bugaboos, it teaches you to listen to the way your writing really sounds, and to develop your own sense of style. I still reread it, still follow its advice, and still enthusiastically recommend it to my students.
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Summary: Feebleminded worship of the outdated guide
Review: Strunk and White are indeed authoritative--and have been for several decades. Let's get over them. They are far too conservative for most writing today (who still insists on saying "I shall" and "the data are"?). Succumb not to the peer pressure of those who would have you utilize this brief tome. Be a free thinker, and write as you might, not as you ought. If you need to understand language per se, try Stephen Pinker's _The Language Instinct_, also for sale at this Web site. If you need a refresher course in grammar, try your old eighth-grade grammar textbook. If you need a style guide, try the _MLA_ or the _Chicago Manual of Style_. If you think you need a rhetoric, learn Ancient Greek and peruse the rhetorikoi of the true masters.
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Summary: My 45K a year book
Review: This is a great book for anyone who wants to write better, stronger, and with more conviction. Someone told me a few years ago that reading this book would improve my writing at work. Four promotions, 8 years, and a dream job later, I went from less to 15K to 60K. Some of that was hard work, but much of that was practicing the advice in this "little book." It is funny, straightforward, and I have given away so many I can't keep count. Highly recommend this for anyone who has to write letters, memos, reports, etc. as part of their job.
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Summary: Excellent guide to writing anything from an essay to a book.
Review: I'm an engineer writing a technical book for a wide audience, both technical & non-technical, and I found this an excellent primer for a first time author.
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Summary: Indispensable for anyone who wants to write.
Review: I bought my first copy of THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE nearly thirty years ago, when I was 13 years old. It cost me one dime, in a thrift shop. That is still the best dime I've ever spent.THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE is indispensable for anyone who wants to write. It distills the essence of writing clear, direct, logical prose. I read it four times a year; in addition, I read it again whenever I am about to begin a large writing project. This book has shaped every word I've ever written, and it has taught me more than I can say about life. That may sound weird or idiosyncratic, but it's not -- for the principles that guide the writing of clear, direct, logical English prose are the same principles that guide a life of integrity and commitment. Writing honestly and clearly is the surest path to living honestly and clearly. Buy it, read it, reread it, live by it. You won't be sorry.
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Summary: A classic of good writing
Review: Every writer of English should own this book. It's a slim volume that packs more advice on good writing into fewer pages than any other book on the market. At times, however, it can be a little too brief; thus, I would recommend "Style" by Joseph M. Williams and "Line by Line" by Claire Kehrwald Cook to supplement the advice of "the little book."
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Summary: Writing wisdom in a little book
Review: I gave this book 4 stars only because it doesn't include practice exercises, to reinforce what I learned. Grammar and writing style are discussed with wit and brevity. I'd love to hear what the original author would say about current pop jargon: "even as we speak", "like", "first off" and so on.
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Summary: The essential little book.
Review: This book should be required reading for all students and professionals. I cannot praise it highly enough.
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