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Metally.net Book Store - The Elements of Style
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List Price: $7.99
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Manufacturer: FQ Classics
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9781599869339
ISBN: 1599869330
Label: FQ Classics
Manufacturer: FQ Classics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 72
Publication Date: 2007-05-24
Publisher: FQ Classics
Studio: FQ Classics
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Summary: Indispensable
Comment: If everyone read this book before afflicting us with their writing, the world would be a better place.
Definitive.
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Summary: Essential
Comment: Put the principles laid out in this slim book to use, and you will write better than ninety-nine percent of college educated Americans. Anyone reading your writing will thank you for it.
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Summary: THE GOOD REVIEWS ARE FOR ANOTHER BOOK!!!
Comment: The book sold on this page is NOT the 4th Edition of Strunk and White's Elements of Style. Nor is the "Look Inside" link correct. This is a public domain version of what appears to be Strunk's orginal book. The typography is not as described in the text. Comparative references to text in the "right column" and "left column" refer in this book to text in upper and lower paragraphs. Don't buy this book. Instead by the fourth edition by Longman Publishers.
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Summary: The Elements of Style
Comment: I was pleased with the condition of the used book and the price. It's for a Creative Writing Workshop that I will be leading in January and I wanted to have a copy to show how cheap one could get resource materials from Amazon!! $1.92 plus shipping!! Thanks for the opportunity for good books at inexpensive prices. Veda
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Summary: good for the insider
Comment: Strunk and White, Elements of Style has an excellent reputation as a classic in the field of basic grammar and composition. However, I found that the tone and composition of the book lends itself to an audience of insiders,' those who are already well-versed in the basic principles. It is not of much use in teaching those who are confused or need more clarity on the subject. Furthermore, the tone of the book is rather haughty and elitist, which was a turn-off for me. As someone with a strong English background, I can use the book and learn from it. But I would not recommend it to a student of the language.
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The Elements of Style is a classic work which is intended for use in English courses in which the practice of composition is combined with the study of literature. It aims to give in brief space the principal requirements of plain English style. It aims to lighten the task of instructor and student by concentrating attention (in Chapters Two and Three) on a few essentials, the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated. The numbers of the sections may be used as references in correcting manuscript.
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