The indispensible writer's bible The Elements of Style turns 50 today. Details are here from NPR: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103140512. Actually, it was written by Strunk in 1918. E.B. White sung its praises in a New Yorker article in 1957. White revised Strunk's work and it was republished 50 years ago today. Copies of Strunk's original version can be found from Bartleby (http://www.bartelby.com/141/index.html) and from Google Books (http://books.google.com/books?id=IAy6NCD0Iq0C&dq=elements+of+style&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=_rznSaLQCo-EtweBndjFBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5). In honor of Strunk and White's emphasis on concise expression, this post will end now.Thursday, April 16, 2009
Happy 50th Birthday, Strunk & White's Elements of Style
The indispensible writer's bible The Elements of Style turns 50 today. Details are here from NPR: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103140512. Actually, it was written by Strunk in 1918. E.B. White sung its praises in a New Yorker article in 1957. White revised Strunk's work and it was republished 50 years ago today. Copies of Strunk's original version can be found from Bartleby (http://www.bartelby.com/141/index.html) and from Google Books (http://books.google.com/books?id=IAy6NCD0Iq0C&dq=elements+of+style&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=_rznSaLQCo-EtweBndjFBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5). In honor of Strunk and White's emphasis on concise expression, this post will end now.
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