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 best way to see a country, unless you are pressed for time, is to travel on foot," while a painting of a bored, disgusted-looking royal court perfectly punctuates "The ceremony was both long and tedious."
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Allyn and Bacon, Boston
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780205191581ISBN:0205191584
Description: Very Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall 0205191584 Tightly bound with contents clean and bright, good overall condition, we post daily from our UK warehouse, if you have any questions or require images then please don't hesitate to contact us for an immediate courteous response. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: FILIQUARIAN PUBLISHING
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781599869339ISBN:1599869330
Description: Published by Filiquarian Publishing in 2007. Paperback. Number of pages: 72. Condition: Very Good. May show some slight signs of wear. Ex-library book (usual stamps and marks). Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. 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
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Idg Books
Date Published: 1979
ISBN-13:9780024182005ISBN:0024182001
Description: Very Good. 0024182001. Nice clean pages. Excellent cover with some light edge wear. Very slight to no spine wear.; Trade PB; 0.4 x 6.9 x 3.6 Inches; 92 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan
Date Published: 1959
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Signed by previous owner. 71p., 21 cm. New ed / with revisions, and a new chapter on writing by E.B. White. Previous ed. revised by William Strunk Jr., and Edward A. Tenney 1935. read more
Edition: 3rd
Binding: Book Softcover
Publisher: Macmillan
Date Published: 1972
ISBN-13:9780024182005ISBN:0024182001
Description: Very Good. 1972 softcover 3rd edition, book & covers are VG, some shelfwear to front bottom R/H corner, NOT an xlib copy, inscription inside front cover. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: MACMILLAN LIBRARY REFERENCE
Date Published: 1979
ISBN-13:9780024182302ISBN:0024182303
Description: Ex-Library Published by Macmillan Library Reference in 1979. Hardcover. Number of pages: 106. Ex. Library copy-usual stamps and marks. Condition: Very Good. May show some slight signs of wear. #8464740 Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Idg Books
Date Published: 1979-01
ISBN-13:9780024182005ISBN:0024182001
Description: Good. From private collection! Not ex-library, remainder or cutout. Good binding. Clean inside and out. No significant writing or highlighting noted. Average amount of wear, great reading copies, most are not "gift" quality though! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780205191581ISBN:0205191584
Description: Very Good. 7 x 4.2 x 0.2 inches. Light wear to covers; some spots to side-edges; light reading wear; otherwise book is in great shape. 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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