The Elements of Style: 60 Minutes to Better Writing & Grammar
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| Rating | : | 4.58 (892 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B001N0OZTI |
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| Number of Pages | : | 216 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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-The New York Times. It's as timeless as a book can be in our age of volubility. Buy it, study it, enjoy it
White, became a highly influential guide to English usage during the late 20th century. In his New Yorker column of July 27, 1957, E. He earned a bachelor's degree at the University of Cincinnati in 1890 and a PhD at Cornell University in 1896. Strunk first taught mathematics at Rose Polytechnical Institute in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1890 91. About the Author William Strunk Jr. Strunk was also active in a gathering known as the Manuscript Club., an "informal Saturday-night gathering of students and professors interested in writing," where he met Elwyn Brooks White. Tenney revised and published the guide as The Elements and Practice of Composition (1935). White
In 1935 36, Strunk enjoyed serving as the literary consultant for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film Romeo and Juliet (1936). White's expansion and modernization of the 1935 edition sold more than two million copies. B. He earned a bachelor's degree at the University of Cincinnati in 1890 and a PhD at Cornell University in 1896. B. In 1918, Strunk privately published The Elements o
Jon said A Good Desk Reference if/when it might be needed. If you paid attention in (and remember) high school English composition, don't pay more than a buck for this. But I should qualify that I'm a senior citizen with two bright kids who went through school in the late 1980s, and (I dare say) they weren't taught nearly as well as I was back in the '60s and early '70s. So take this review with a grain of salt.I'm writing this review for the free Kindle version with tan and dark red cover (https://amazon.com/dp/B005IT0V8O/ref=cm. The only writing book my son ever needed Nearly one hundred years old, this book was originally written by William Strunk, who was E.B White's former professor. E. B. White later wrote the last part of this mini-manual. As you may recall, White was the author of the classic, Stuart Little. To study this book is to learn from the masters. When I was homeschooling my oldest son during his early high school years, this was the only writing book that we used. The only other instruction I gave him was to correct the . An Indispensable Guide to Correct Grammar Usage terrylynn If you are like me and you write a lot, there is always going to come a time when you need to look up something to do with correct grammar usage. This little book literally it's small and thin has all the answers for those pesky questions like when is it correct to use a colon versus a semi colon or a comma. Even people who make their living writing/correcting English turn to this indispensable little book. I would send it off with every college student if I could and mak