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The Elements of Style: 50th Anniversary Edition (Hardcover)

by William Strunk (Author), E. B. White (Author)

Textbook Details
* Hardcover: 128 pages
* Publisher: Longman; 50 Anv edition (October 25, 2008)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0205632645
* ISBN-13: 978-0205632640
* Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
* Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
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Textbook Description
You know the authors’ names. You recognize the title. You’ve probably used this book yourself. And now The Elements of Style–the most widely read and employed English style manual–is available in a specially bound 50th Anniversary Edition that offers the title’s vast audience an opportunity to own a more durable and elegantly bound edition of this time-tested classic.

Offering the same content as the Fourth Edition, revised in 1999, the new casebound 50th Anniversary Edition includes a brief overview of the book’s illustrious history. Used extensively by individual writers as well as high school and college students of writing, it has conveyed the principles of English style to millions of readers. This new deluxe edition makes the perfect gift for writers of any age and ability level. Fifty Years of Acclaim for The Elements of Style, by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White “I first read Elements of Style during the summer before I went off to Exeter, and I still direct my students at Harvard to their definition about the difference between ‘that’ and ‘which.’ It is the Bible for good, clear writing.

The Elements of Style Review
I picked this up sometime in December, after having read the original edition online for free. I know it has been getting a lot of bad reviews citing greed and whatnot, so I thought I’d add my thoughts on this newest edition of the most useful primer on the craft of writing. In my opinion, the biggest draw of this new edition is the cover. It’s black and professional looking; The perfect compliment for your shelf of writing books. I would recommend this edition to anyone willing to spend a little extra for a copy that isn’t likely to fall apart after a few dozen reads. Long after you feel you’ve mastered all there is, you will still find yourself dipping into this now and again as a refresher. The advice is timeless and this high-quality edition does it justice. If you’re a student or don’t care about a nicely bound hardcover, you could do just fine getting the ~$10 softcover edition.

Well, I wanted to give this five stars just by virtue of being The Elements of Style, but I have to say that while it looks nice to put on a shelf and never open, this isn’t what I would turn to when I’m actually looking something up. This is nice to have just to look at, but I’m always going to turn back to the little paperback edition I have sitting next to me.

This book is filled with tips for writing more accurately, concisely and correctly using the English language.

It’s nice for Strunk and White to come out with a 50th anniversary edition, but I still have nearly all of the content in this book in previous editions. Don’t get me wrong…I hope they make the money they deserve for fifty years of help to writers. Here’s another one for your review: Two Dozen Lessons from an Editor

It is such a damn shame that essentially all you get is a new cover for the incremental $$ you pay. Would have been nice if they had actually made an effort to give something in return, such as stylistic considerations in today’s age of online media. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE this book’s content, but at the least they could be donating $2 to “one laptop per child” or some other literacy related nonprofit if they can’t add any incremental value to the original book.

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