The Elements of Style
1918 • 176 pages
Ratings29
Average rating4.1
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Ratings29
Average rating4.1
You know the authors' names. You recognize the title. You've probably used this book yourself. And now The Elements of Style-the most widely read and employed English style manual-is available in a specially bound 50th Anniversary Edition that offers the title's vast audience an opportunity to own a more durable and elegantly bound edition of this time-tested classic.
Offering the same content as the Fourth Edition, revised in 1999, the new casebound 50th Anniversary Edition includes a brief overview of the book's illustrious history. Used extensively by individual writers as well as high school and college students of writing, it has conveyed the principles of English style to millions of readers. This new deluxe edition makes the perfect gift for writers of any age and ability level.
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Four stars only because it is a bit dry, and I wouldn't necessarily recommend it to everyone (though I would to anyone who wants to write well. Five stars in terms of helpfulness. I wish I had read this the summer going into my senior year of high school, as I was supposed to... my writing would have greatly improved. But I think even advanced writers can benefit from a brush up/reality check that this little book provides. Definitely keeping this one on my shelf!
Useful for what it is, if a bit poorly laid out. The more famous second edition is better.
This book has several qualities that make it perfect for my learning style: it is short, concise, and full of good examples. Case in point, I have learned how to use a colon in a sentence.
Great book teaching a lot of rules about writing. I'll take some time to apply its teachings.
