Yeah I was at B&N the other day and had a copy of each in my hand. I'll probably wind up buying the Chicago manual at some point as well, but I figured I'd get more immediate bang for the buck from Strunk & White.
On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 10:21 PM, Raymond Feist <[email protected]>wrote: > > On Jul 26, 2012, at 3:25 PM, Nat Russo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I just picked up a copy of "Elements of Style". I never would have > believed that a book on style could be a page turner, but it is. So, I'm > going to get back to it...I'm curious to find out what happens next. Will > even more needless words be omitted? Will participial phrases at the > beginning of a sentence no longer refer to their grammatical subjects? > Will I be overcome by "the fact that" I don't know as much about grammar > as I once thought? I don't know...I'll report back. All with the > necessary spoiler space, of course. :) > > > > Nat > > > I know many writers who will only use Strunk & White. Look at the Chicago > Handbook of Style sometimes, then figure which one you'd want to lug around. > > Fits in your pocket. There may be something it won't answer, but it's > likely to be a question you'll only ask once in a career. > > Best, R,.E.F, > ---- > www.crydee.com > > Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by > stupidity. > > > > > > > > -- Sent from my Crappy Laptop (tm) using a poor excuse for a web browser.
