The Essentials of Style (First Edition) - Softcover

Strunk, Willliam

 
9781781397053: The Essentials of Style (First Edition)

Synopsis

William Strunk published The Elements of Style in 1918 "to lighten the task of instructor and student by concentrating attention ... on a few essentials, the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated."   Since then it has done just that, becoming essential reading for the well-prepared student.

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Review

"[A] forty-three-page summation of the case for cleanliness, accuracy, and brevity in the use of English" - E. B. White.

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