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Genre/Form: | Handbook Reference works |
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Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Computer File, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
William Strunk; E B White |
ISBN: | 020530902X 9780205309023 0205313426 9780205313426 9780881030686 0881030686 0205632645 9780205632640 9780321248619 0321248619 |
OCLC Number: | 41548201 |
Notes: | Includes index. |
Description: | xviii, 105 pages ; 18 cm |
Contents: | Elementary rules of usage -- Elementary principles of composition -- A few matters of form -- Words and expressions commonly misused -- A approach to style. |
Responsibility: | by William Strunk, Jr. ; with revisions, an introduction, and a chapter on writing by E.B. White ; [foreword by Roger Angell]. |
More information: |
Abstract:
This style manual offers practical advice on improving writing skills. This 'little' book can help students communicate more effectively, showing them how to enliven their sentences, put statements in the positive form and write in a clear and simple style.
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"...a marvellous and timeless little book... Here, succinctly, elegantly and without fuss are the essentials of writing clear, correct English." John Clare, The Telegraph
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