The Elements of Style Paperback – 13 April 2014

An excellent book for any writer to have in their reference library.Small but powerful. In the case of this book, less is most definitely more.The information it presents is in small, bite sized chunks, easy to understand and even easier to digest. It answers all you literature questions, punctuation, phrasing, syntax, sentence structure, etc. It's just invaluableThis book was recommended to me by a fellow author and I can't thank him enough for such excellent advice.

This is a concise and helpful book designed to eliminate clumsy and incorrect usage of English.To give a few examples:'Less than ten' is incorrect, whilst 'fewer than ten' is correct.'This man, who is my friend,' is better written 'This man, my friend,''I should like tea' is usually correct, 'I would like tea' is usually not.'Worthwhile' is best avoided altogether - not exactly incorrect but poor style.And so it goes on.I found this book moderately useful, although it does seem to concentrate on American English rather than UK English. Some of the advice doesn't apply on this side of the Atlantic. For example, we tend not to use `most' as an abbreviation of `almost' so we're not going to make the mistake of saying `most everyone' as many Americans do.Some reviewers commented that the kindle version was hard to read, but I didn't have any problems with it. I think it must have been reformatted as a result of some early negative reviews.On the whole this is a great book for anyone who's got into sloppy writing habits (like me). Stephen King recommends it in his book `On Writing' - and recommendations don't get much stronger than that. It's probably fair to summarise the message of the book by saying `express yourself in as few words as possible and be as precise as possible'.

It is amazing how much advise one could pack in such a small collateral. Still, the best writing style book around. Period.

It's ok.. it's clearly just a print of some ebook edition with some things underlined as hyperlinks in slightly faded black... The text itself is useful. It's very dry, and suggests that a writer submits to all stylistic individuality being sapped out of them in favour of a deeply formulaic and simple, indeed hemmingway-esque, prose style. Still, not bad for understanding grammar and learning how to minimise padding in writing.

It's a great book with great insights into the English language. Concise, intelligent, and simplified.

This is a review of Elements of Style, by William Strunk, published by Filquarian press. This publisher specialises in public domain classics. You can find this edition in its entirety on the internet; search on `wiiliam strunk public domain'.The public domain edition was published in 1918, and is half the length of recent editions. It predates recent language, predates political correctness, and arguably predates the shorter modern form of `plain English'.Buyers should be aware that they are not getting the modern Strunk and White edition (especially when Amazon have pooled reviews for modern editions with the 1918 version!).At a mere 60 pages, the 1918 Strunk edition is the most concise English language style guide. This is a major advantage when compared with more recent, more wordy style guides.

This was a gift and the person in question hasn't received it yet. But I took a glance at it and it looks quite good! I'm very sure the person who will get it as a gift will love it too.

This wlim bool, popularly known as 'Strunk and White', is essential for anyone who writes anything, from school to post-grad. The information it contains is excellent and should be learnt by heart--observance of the advice should become automatic. In my 30 years as a technical wroter and editor at IBM, "The Elements of Style' and 'The Chicago Manual of Style' were dessential books in all information developers' toolkit.