The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition

by E.B. White and William Strunk Jr.

Book Overview

You know the authors' names. You recognize the title. You've probably used this book yourself. This is The Elements of Style, the classic style manual, now in a fourth edition. A new Foreword by Roger... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 020530902X
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 105 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.5" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Condensed Elements of Style

The Elements of Style Fourth addition seems smaller than the other edition. But I use it at my job and get things done correctly. I will probably buy the next edition when it comes out.

Not The Book Advertised

I thought I had purchased Elements of Style as englarged by E.B. White but the books I received were copies of the early addition before E.B. White expanded the book for publication in 1959. It's kind of a different book.

Business Owner

I have been using the Elements of Style for almost 50 years and have recommended it to many, including my five children. This past Christmas I puchased copies to use as gifts. It continues to be a most useful tool in my writing.

A beautiful edition

I picked this up sometime in December, after having read the original edition online for free. I know it has been getting a lot of bad reviews citing greed and whatnot, so I thought I'd add my thoughts on this newest edition of the most useful primer on the craft of writing. In my opinion, the biggest draw of this new edition is the cover. It's black and professional looking; The perfect compliment for your shelf of writing books. I would recommend this edition to anyone willing to spend a little extra for a copy that isn't likely to fall apart after a few dozen reads. Long after you feel you've mastered all there is, you will still find yourself dipping into this now and again as a refresher. The advice is timeless and this high-quality edition does it justice. If you're a student or don't care about a nicely bound hardcover, you could do just fine getting the ~$10 softcover edition.

The pleasure of this edition is in the design

For the reviewer who pines for life as it was 50 years ago, actually in 1959, William Strunk Jr.'s Elements of Style, which had gone out of print at that point, was revised by a former student of Strunk's, E.B. White. This 2005 revision takes nothing away from the book, but reconsiders the original from a design perspective. As far as I'm concerned, the cloth cover, the 57 color illustrations, the high-quality printing, only add to the pure pleasure of reading or re-reading this book.