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The elements of style

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: The Penguin Press 2005 New YorkDescription: xvii, 147 p.; col. ill. Includes indexISBN:
  • 9781594200694
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808.042 S8E5
Summary: The only style manual to ever appear on a bestseller list now refreshed by one of our most beloved illustrators Every English writer knows Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style. The book’s mantra, make every word tell, is still on point. This much-loved classic, now in its fourth edition, will forever be the go-to guide when in need of a hint to make a turn of phrase clearer or a reminder on how to enliven prose with the active voice. The only style manual to ever appear on bestseller lists has explained to millions of readers the basic principals of plain English, and Maira Kalman’s fifty-seven exquisite illustrations give the revered work a jolt of new energy, making the learning experience more colorful and clear. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/294830/the-elements-of-style-illustrated-by-strunk-white-kalman/9780143112723
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Books Vikram Sarabhai Library Rack 41-A / Slot 2353 (3rd Floor, East Wing) Non-fiction General Stacks 808.042 S8E5 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 201552

Table of Contents

Foreword /​ Roger Angell
Introduction to the 3rd edition /​ E. B. White
I. Elementary rules of usage
II. Elementary principles of composition
III. A few matters of form
IV. Words and expressions commonly misused
V. An approach to style (with a list of reminders)
VI. Spelling (from the first edition)

The only style manual to ever appear on a bestseller list now refreshed by one of our most beloved illustrators

Every English writer knows Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style. The book’s mantra, make every word tell, is still on point. This much-loved classic, now in its fourth edition, will forever be the go-to guide when in need of a hint to make a turn of phrase clearer or a reminder on how to enliven prose with the active voice. The only style manual to ever appear on bestseller lists has explained to millions of readers the basic principals of plain English, and Maira Kalman’s fifty-seven exquisite illustrations give the revered work a jolt of new energy, making the learning experience more colorful and clear.

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/294830/the-elements-of-style-illustrated-by-strunk-white-kalman/9780143112723

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