The Elements of Style [pdf]
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The Elements of Style [pdf]
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Re: The Elements of Style [pdf]
#2"Omit needless words! Omit needless words! Omit needless words!"
Re: The Elements of Style [pdf]
#3Nothing but a pile of linguistic ignorance and the authors’ weird peeves. See http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/~gpullum/LandOfTheFree.pdf
Re: The Elements of Style [pdf]
#4Ironically, I'm finding this hard to read without formatting to distinguish using words and mentioning them.
Re: The Elements of Style [pdf]
#5Nothing but a pile of linguistic ignorance and the authors’ weird peeves. See http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/~gpullum/LandOfTheFree.pdf
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#6Should have been an HTML file, not a PDF!
Re: The Elements of Style [pdf]
#7Ironically, I'm finding this hard to read without formatting to distinguish using words and mentioning them.
archive.org has several editions with, to my eyes, better formatting. If you have an account, you can check them out for online reading.
e.g. https://archive.org/details/elementsofstyle0000will_j3d8/pag...
or the full set of choices at
https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22William+Strunk...
Re: The Elements of Style [pdf]
#8I read “On Writing Well” recently and really enjoyed it. The author cites “Elements” frequently.
https://ia800308.us.archive.org/31/items/OnWritingWell/on-wr...
Re: The Elements of Style [pdf]
#9Should have been an HTML file, not a PDF!
Be the change you want to see in the World ;)
Re: The Elements of Style [pdf]
#10"Omit needless words! Omit needless words! Omit needless words!"
A thousand times YES!