The Elements of Style

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.

Spring Fly Fishing Tips 2010

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

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

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

“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

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

All through The Elements of Style one finds evidences of the author's deep sympathy for the reader.

Says Simpleton 2008

These books are good: Art and Fear, The War of Art, On Writing, Bird by Bird, and The Elements of Style.

Chris Guillebeau: Good Writing Tips 2010

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

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.

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