Comments on: Book review: The Elements of Style http://www.badlanguage.net/book-review-the-elements-of-style Writing, marketing and technology Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:56:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Geeks: how to write for a non-technical audience - Bad Language http://www.badlanguage.net/book-review-the-elements-of-style/comment-page-1#comment-671804 Geeks: how to write for a non-technical audience - Bad Language Sun, 01 Aug 2010 17:37:30 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=53#comment-671804 [...] the syntax right. Check out the Economist Style Guide and The Elements of Style (Strunk and White) to learn how to write good, clean prose. These are like the Mythical Man Month [...] [...] the syntax right. Check out the Economist Style Guide and The Elements of Style (Strunk and White) to learn how to write good, clean prose. These are like the Mythical Man Month [...]

]]> By: Recommended links 22 July 2009 — Bad Language http://www.badlanguage.net/book-review-the-elements-of-style/comment-page-1#comment-602597 Recommended links 22 July 2009 — Bad Language Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:31:48 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=53#comment-602597 [...] nice summary of Strunk and White for anyone who hasn’t read it or needs a reminder. (See also my book review of The Elements of Style on this [...] [...] nice summary of Strunk and White for anyone who hasn’t read it or needs a reminder. (See also my book review of The Elements of Style on this [...]

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]]> By: Sisao Tresed http://www.badlanguage.net/book-review-the-elements-of-style/comment-page-1#comment-309033 Sisao Tresed Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:24:03 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=53#comment-309033 Take the subjective with a grain, take the objective as gospel. S. T. Take the subjective with a grain, take the objective as gospel.
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]]> By: Ken Davis http://www.badlanguage.net/book-review-the-elements-of-style/comment-page-1#comment-1376 Ken Davis Wed, 23 Aug 2006 01:53:44 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=53#comment-1376 You know I love your blog, Matthew, but I am much less enthusiastic than you are about Strunk and White. I find that The Elements of Style too often leans toward academic stuffiness and away from practicality. For example, a William Faulkner sentence containing the words "gutful," "mendicant," and "thrall" is described by Strunk and White as using “ordinary” words. Ordinary to Strunk and White, maybe, but not to me, or most readers. You know I love your blog, Matthew, but I am much less enthusiastic than you are about Strunk and White. I find that The Elements of Style too often leans toward academic stuffiness and away from practicality. For example, a William Faulkner sentence containing the words “gutful,” “mendicant,” and “thrall” is described by Strunk and White as using “ordinary” words. Ordinary to Strunk and White, maybe, but not to me, or most readers.

]]> By: jonno_96 http://www.badlanguage.net/book-review-the-elements-of-style/comment-page-1#comment-17 jonno_96 Thu, 09 Mar 2006 14:03:01 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=53#comment-17 Before anyone points out the grammatical mistake in my first 'response', the fourth sentence should of course have been: "It’s so bad that one feels like hitting the writer over the head with a copy of “Elements of Style” repeatedly!" (Shame there isn't a "review text before submitting" web page, to double-check for any mistakes or spelling errors!) Before anyone points out the grammatical mistake in my first ‘response’, the fourth sentence should of course have been: “It’s so bad that one feels like hitting the writer over the head with a copy of “Elements of Style” repeatedly!” (Shame there isn’t a “review text before submitting” web page, to double-check for any mistakes or spelling errors!)

]]> By: jonno_96 http://www.badlanguage.net/book-review-the-elements-of-style/comment-page-1#comment-16 jonno_96 Thu, 09 Mar 2006 13:01:46 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=53#comment-16 Thanks for flagging up the Strunk & White "Elements of Style" book, which I was actually contemplating buying from Amazon yesterday. But have you read the introductory 'blurb' on the Amazon website that was written by (I assume) someone at Amazon? The punctuation is absolutely appalling! It's so bad you that one feels like hitting the writer over the head with a copy of "Elements of Style" repeatedly! He or she should take a leaf out of the book of the 12 reviewers who have written so much more elegantly about the book. Thanks for flagging up the Strunk & White “Elements of Style” book, which I was actually contemplating buying from Amazon yesterday. But have you read the introductory ‘blurb’ on the Amazon website that was written by (I assume) someone at Amazon? The punctuation is absolutely appalling! It’s so bad you that one feels like hitting the writer over the head with a copy of “Elements of Style” repeatedly! He or she should take a leaf out of the book of the 12 reviewers who have written so much more elegantly about the book.

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