The Elements of F*cking Style

Author: Chris Baker
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429940212
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 97

Book Description
The truth about English is that it can get pretty boring. Dangling modifiers, gerunds, punctuation marks--it's enough to make you want to drop out of high school. Swearing and sex on the other hand, well, these time-honored pastimes warm the cockles of our hearts. Now, The Elements of F*cking Style drags English grammar out of the ivory tower and into the gutter, injecting a dull subject with a much-needed dose of color. This book addresses everything from common questions ("What the hell is a pronoun?") to philosophical conundrums ("Does not using paragraphs or periods make my thesis read like it was written by a mental patient?"). Other valuable sections include: •All I've got in this world are my sentences and my balls, and I don't break 'em for nobody •A colon is more than an organ that gets cancer •Words your bound to f*ck up One glance at your friend's blog should tell you everything you need to know about the sorry state of the English language. This book gives you the tools you need to stop looking like an idiot on message boards and in interoffice memos. Grammar has never before been so much f*cking fun.

The Elements of Style Illustrated

Author: William Strunk, Jr.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780143112723
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 180

Book Description
"So friendly, so classic, so delightful . . . Kalman has taken 'the little book' and made it even more elegant and uplifting." —Los Angeles Times 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.

The Elements of Style

Author: William Strunk
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 48

Book Description
The Elements of Style is a prescriptive American English writing style guide comprising eight "elementary rules of usage", ten "elementary principles of composition", "a few matters of form", a list of forty-nine "words and expressions commonly misused", and a list of fifty-seven "words often misspelled". In 2011, Time magazine listed the writing style-guide as one of the 100 best and most influential books written in English since 1923. Cornell University professor of English William Strunk, Jr., wrote The Elements of Style in 1918, and privately published it in 1919, for in-house use at the university. In The Elements of Style (1918), as a professor of English, William Strunk concentrated on specific questions of usage-and the cultivation of good writing-with the recommendation "Make every word tell"; hence, the 17th principle of composition is the simple instruction: "Omit needless words."

The Elements of Style

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 92

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The Elements of Style

Author: William Strunk
Publisher: Auroch Press
ISBN: 9781989862001
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 76

Book Description
Time and again people fall in love with good writers. Words are powerfully seductive. A unique combination of them can be the key to someone's heart. Elements of Style, by William Strunk, is a stable cornerstone on which to build your writing skills. Written in the storied hallways of Cornell University, the guide has been read and examined by thousands of eager eyes. Elements of Style has grown to become the American English writing style guide often required in U.S. high school and university composition classes. It includes: - 8 rules of usage - 10 principles of composition - List of commonly misused words and expressions - and a "few matters of form" In addition, this new updated edition includes chapters on: - Texting Style - Emailing Style This elegantly typeset edition is the most relevant one for today's good writers.At the end of the paperback, find a link to a free audiobook of The Elements of Style, 1st edition.

The Elements of Style

Author: William Strunk Jr
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781724480835
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 56

Book Description
The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. The Elements of Style is an American English writing style guide. It is one of the most influential and best-known prescriptive treatments of English grammar and usage in the United States. It originally detailed eight elementary rules of usage, ten elementary principles of composition, and "a few matters of form" as well as a list of commonly misused words and expressions. Updated editions of the paperback book are often required reading for American high school and college composition classes. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

Elements of Style

Author: David Powell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 12

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The Elements of Style

Author: William Strunk
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781463695491
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE by William Strunk, Jr. is an American English writing style guide whose aim is to help the instructor and student by concentrating attention "on a few essentials, the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated." It remains one of the most well-used and trusted writing guides around. If you want to improve your writing style and learn to write well, this is THE book to read.

The Elements of Style

Author: William Strunk, Jr., E. B. White
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 118

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The Elements of Style

Author: William Strunk
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781545242155
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 46

Book Description
The Elements of Style is an American English writing style guide. It is one of the most influential and best-known prescriptive treatments of English grammar and usage in the United States. It originally detailed eight elementary rules of usage, ten elementary principles of composition, and "a few matters of form" as well as a list of commonly misused words and expressions. Updated editions of the paperback book are often required reading for American high school and college composition classes.