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# The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition

**Brand:** wüsthof
**Price:** NT$396
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- **How much does it cost?** NT$396 with free shipping
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## Description

The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition

## Features

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## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
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| Best Sellers Rank | #2,529 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1 in Grammar Reference (Books) #4 in Fiction Writing Reference (Books) #5 in Writing Skill Reference (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 7,224 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Classic of English Usage
*by T***Y on June 4, 2024*

Attention high school students about to graduate, job applicants, aspiring attorneys and diplomats, or anyone who has written a love letter: the struggle for accurate expression can be a bittersweet challenge, but it must be taken up. All of society depends on it. Written expression is the oil in social machinery. Failure to make a coherent point can be devastating to purpose. To sum it up succinctly: language matters.The Elements of Style, by Strunk and White, is the standard volume for linguistic clarification. Short, comprehensive, and indispensable, it is the definitive source for its subject. The greater your understanding and use of language, the greater your power to define terms and control events. Language mimics a living organism. Language has character and identity. Though its rules can be vague and full of contradictions, language should be effectively understood to be knowledgeably used. Somewhat magically, The Elements of Style directly answers most questions of usage.Improper usage is painful to see written, and lands with a dull thud when heard in the ear of the knowledgeable. For example, a common mistake in usage, is to say “Between he and I.” The word “between” is a preposition, and therefore takes a third person pronoun. Properly stated, the phrase is “Between him and me.” The proper use of that and which, and further and farther is swiftly explained, as well as the accurate use of punctuation when using parentheses.This small compendium is divided into five parts: Elementary Rules of Usage, Elementary Rules of Composition, A Few Matters of Form, Words and Expressions Commonly Misused, and An Approach to Style (with a list of reminders). The authors offer practical advice but acknowledge that writing well is a mysterious process.First rate writers are rarely satisfied with their work. Norman Mailer wrote, “Good writing is not an act to inspire confidence because it is good, but anguish because it is not better.” This may be because variables are infinite and good style eludes definition.Writers express genius and craft in varying degrees. Craft can be taught; genius is innate and cannot be taught. The authors offer modest avowal: “There is no infallible guide to good writing, no assurance that a person who thinks clearly will be able to write clearly…writers will often find themselves steering by stars that are disturbingly in motion.” For the majority of the ungifted, which is to say most of us, The Elements of Style, by Strunk and White, is an indispensable volume, and should be, like a dictionary, within arm’s reach.—Tom Casey

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fundamental, easy-going, academically recommended. (Broad)
*by K***R on March 24, 2025*

If you're an ex-English major like myself, then this helps you SOOO much. It's worth every dime and provides an interesting approach to professional communications. Business writing, marketing and PR writing, overall composition for Literature students. If you're someone who's studying English Lit, or creative/Professional writing for Pre-Law then this book highlights the fundamentals.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good stuff
*by T***. on June 26, 2025*

Great grammar guidance book

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