The Elements of Style (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Jr., William Strunk

9781330662922: The Elements of Style (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 133066292X ISBN 13: 9781330662922

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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The one of the most popular books for academic syllabi ever and a crucial tool for the aspiring writer, Strunk has made untold contributions to the world of literature. Arguably greater than countless prized novel writers as his work is the foundation of good literature. The most talented mind will require specific words to communicate effectively and accurate punctuation to make it suitable terrain for the reader. A favourite of the great minds and publications of the 20th century, this book is vital for any young writer starting out in the world of fiction or otherwise.

The capacity to be concise and the importance of eliminating over-reliance on flowery adjectives are extremely important. This book can deliver that to the uncertain prospective author. Alongside grammatical advice the strictures provided on the length of sentences, alliteration, word order and groupings there is an emphasis on readability and style. This chimes perfectly with the need of a new or experienced writer to balance their message with the mode of delivery in order to showcase the narrative to best advantage.

In 'The Elements of Style' the author exhorts us to 'Make every word tell'. Not to strip out the detail or the necessary descriptor, but that every word must earn its place on the page. The author has taken his own advice well and made every character of material value to the reader and student. One will always remember being grabbed by the active voice and vigorously coached into a better writing style by Strunk's clear and direct instructions.

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Excerpt from The Elements of Style

This book 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 II and III) on a few essentials, the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated. In accordance with this plan it lays down three rules for the use of the comma, instead of a score or more, and one for the use of the semicolon, in the belief that these four rules provide for all the internal punctuation that is required by nineteen sentences out of twenty. Similarly, it gives in Chapter III only those principles of the paragraph and the sentence which are of the widest application. The book thus covers only a small portion of the field of English style. The experience of its writer has been that once past the essentials, students profit most by individual instruction based on the problems of their own work, and that each instructor has his own body of theory, which he may prefer to that offered by any textbook.

The numbers of the sections may be used as references in correcting manuscript.

The writer's colleagues in the Department of English in Cornell University have greatly helped him in the preparation of his manuscript Mr. George McLane Wood has kindly consented to the inclusion under Rule 10 of some material from his Suggestions to Authors.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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