About this title: The classic and still authoritative grammar guide gets a quirky, lovely makeover by acclaimed artist Maira Kalman, whose flat, colorful artwork illustrates several of the sentences used as examples in the book. A two-page spread featuring a couple observing a lush vista and a traveler walking along a mountain trail demonstrates the sentence, "The ...
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Edition: 3rd ed. / with
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Macmillan: Collier Macmillan, New York
Date Published: 1979
ISBN-13:9780024182302ISBN:0024182303
Description: Good. xix, 85p.; 21 cm. Previous ed. : i.e. 2nd revised ed., 1972. read more
Description: Very Good. 0024182001 Great condition Soft Cover book, clean pages, mild creases to spine, light edge/corner rubs, this book is GREAT! Shop & Save With US. read more
Description: Very Good. 0024182001 Great condition Soft Cover book, clean pages, mild creases to spine, light edge/corner rubs, this book is GREAT! Shop & Save With US. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Macmillan, New York
Date Published: 1959
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Former owner's name writen on cover and front free-endpaper in marker. No other writing in book. No Highlighting. 71 p. 21 cm. Seventeenth printing, 1968. read more
Edition: Third Edition
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall Travel
Date Published: 1979
ISBN-13:9780024182005ISBN:0024182001
Description: Good. No Jacket. Sticker Removed From Spine, Stickers Front Cover, Corners/Edges Shelf Worn, Covers Lightly Creased/Soiled, Interior Unmarked, Good Reading Copy. read more
"There is no point in reviewing one of the most popular style guides ever. But what I can do is write about my experience with it. First, I am not a native English speaker. And second, I am an amateur fiction writer. This won't be the first book I would recommend to someone that doesn't know what an independent clause is. There are plenty of grammar rules for "normal" people out there. But for writers it is very helpful. I read and read the rules, time and time again, until they sink in. It has a special place on my desk when I am writing. It has another one on my nightstand. And I take it to work with me so that I can study the rules on my morning commute. Yes, I am aware of the heavy criticism it has received. Yes, it may not be the master style guide many people say it is. But that's not what it was ever meant to be. It's a simple, small book that makes a wonderful first reference for students, writers, and everybody that writes for whatever reason. Whether you have it on your desk, or carry it around like I do, this is one of the best tools for writers everywhere!"
"THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE is a great little pocket reference for all writers (creative, essay, or nonfiction).
What is most amazing is how it consolidates a wealth of information into accessible, bite-size chapters that are easy to search on and then easy to comprehend.
The sections that I have found the most helpful are: 1) Verb Subject Agreement for the exceptions, "one of" and "each and every". 2) Why using the Active Voice is better through exhibition and not b/c it's the general rule. 3) Putting statements into positive form (something I had not considered). 4) And the entire section on "Approach to Style".
I think that for the price, you can not go wrong with this one. I have GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT by Stilman and SOLUTIONS FOR WRITERS by Stein, both of which I recommend, but if you had to choose the order in which to buy: ELEMENTS OF STYLE, SOLUTIONS FOR WRITERS (as it's not just about writing but the craft of story telling), and then GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT."
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