The Elements of Style

E.B. White, in the second edition of The Elements of Style (Macmillan, New York, 1972, p. 70), writes... 

With the aid of William Strunk and E.B. White in The Elements of Style and that of William Zinsser in On Writing Well, Rudolph Flesch in The ABC of Style, and D.L. Carson, whose comments appear in this book, I have tried to follow some principles of technical communication lately ignored in scientific texts use the first person, put yourself in the reader s place, and, the best for last, use the active voice and a personal subject. 

Strunk, White, Osgood, Angell. The Elements of Style (Needham Heights Allyn Bacon, 2000). 

The Elements of Style 4th Edition by William Strunk, Ir. and E.B. White, Boston Allyn Bacon. This is the most referred to, easy to understand, complete, and succinct explanation of English grammar. It provides easy-to-read explanations with numerous examples, and it serves as a handy, must-have reference tool for any writer. 

Actually, style has a good deal to do with reading comprehension. Just as writers use different structures to organize their ideas and information, they also use different styles to express their ideas and information. Thus, the more aware you are of the elements of style, the more successfully you can determine a writer s purpose and understand his or her ideas. 

In each of the questions and problems below, rather than just drawing a box around your answer, write a sentence or two describing how you solved the problem, the assumptions you made, the reasonableness of your answer, what you learned, and any other facts you want to include. You may wish to refer to W. Strunk and E. B. White, The Elements of Style (New York Macmillan, 1979) and Joseph M. Williams, St) ie Ten Lessons in Clarity Grace (Glenview, 111. Scott, Foresman 19S9) to enhance the quality of your sentences. 

Strunk and White s The Elements of Style (Stmnk and White, 2000) provides excellent guidance with regard to writing. Although first published before World War 1, this book is as usefiil and relevant now as it was then. (The last update was published in the year 2000.)... 

Strunk, Jr., William, and E. B. White, The Elements of Style, 4th Edition, Allyn and Bacon, Needham Heights, MA, 2000. 

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