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List: Seven Ways To Improve On The Water Deeter and Myers purposely modeled their book after two giants of the "how-to" genre: Harvey Penick's Little Red Book: Lessons and Teachings From a Lifetime of Golf, by Penick and Bud Shrake, and The Elements of Style, by William Strunk Jr. and E. B White, two collaborative books that became classics because they were written clearly and concisely by the best teachers in their given professions.
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I so hope that Geoffrey Pullam's cogent critique of The Elements of Style by Strunk & White helps to bury this precious little tome.
June 2009 2009
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Although first published nearly a century ago, The Elements of Style is astonishingly relevant today.
Diane Tucker: Generation-Y Bloggers: How To Improve Your Writing Overnight 2009
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And I'd really need a few reference books, like my thesauras and The Elements of Style.
So What Would You Grab? Molly Daniels 2009
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“The model was Strunk and White,” says Tufte, naming the classic little book on clear writing—The Elements of Style by William Strunk and E.B. White.
Economic Principals David Warsh 1993
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But in my opinion, none surpass the simple, direct advice of The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. and E. B.White.
Journalism Hope - Seeking Hope via Grassroots Journalism 2009
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All through The Elements of Style one finds evidences of the author's deep sympathy for the reader.
Says Simpleton 2008
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These books are good: Art and Fear, The War of Art, On Writing, Bird by Bird, and The Elements of Style.
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Considering that Language Log’s founder referred to The Elements of Style as “a bunch of trivial don’t-do-this prescriptions by a pair of idiosyncratic bumblers who can’t even tell when they’ve broken their own misbegotten rules,” I think flaunting Strunk & White’s advice is a completely appropriate way of marking the occasion.yankeeQuote
The Volokh Conspiracy » From Language Log to the New York Times Magazine 2010
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Nearly every writer of my generation has been influenced by The Elements of Style, the Cornell philologist William Strunk’s “little book” revised by his student E.
Archive 2009-11-01 2009
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