The Elements of Style by E.B. White

By: E.B. White

Contains rules of grammar phrased as direct orders and provides the principal requirements of plain English style. Concentrates on fundamentals: the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated.

Fourth Edition

Genre: Non-Fiction

Longman
January 3, 2001
Featuring:
105 pages
ISBN: 020530902X
Paperback (reprint)

Book Summary

"Buy it, study it, enjoy it. It's as timeless as a book can be in our age of volubility."
-- The New York Times

"No book in shorter space, with fewer words, will help any writer more than this persistent little volume."
-- The Boston Globe

"White is one of the best stylists and most lucid minds in this country. What he says and his way of saying it are equally rewarding."
-- The Wall Street Journal

"The book remains a nonpareil: direct, correct, and delightful."
-- The New Yorker

". . . Should be the daily companion of anyone who writes for a living, and for that matter, anyone who writes at all."
-- Greensboro (N.C.) Daily News

"This excellent book, which should go off to college with every freshman, is recognized as the best book of its kind we have."
-- St. Paul Dispatch – Pioneer Press

"It's hard to imagine an engineer or a manager who doesn't need to express himself in English prose as part of his job. It's also hard to imagine a writer who will not be improved by a liberal application of The Elements of Style."
-- Telephone Engineer & Management

LETTERS OF E. B. WHITE

LETTERS OF E. B. WHITE

December 1, 2006

CHARLOTTE'S WEB

CHARLOTTE'S WEB

May 1, 2006

CHARLOTTE'S WEB

CHARLOTTE'S WEB

December 1, 2004

THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE

THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE

January 3, 2001

HERE IS NEW YORK

HERE IS NEW YORK

January 1, 2000