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In which we discover that everyone hates Strunk and White
I found an old copy (3rd edition) of Strunk and WEhite once in an office in a soon-to-be-demolished campus building. I had a flick through it and consigned it to the "toss" pile. But to be fair, I don't know what the field of grammar/style books was like when S&W came out. Most of its basic advice is recycled (albeit in more elaborate, better explained form) in recent comp texts; if at the time, it was the best/only manual available, than that's how it was.
This was a fun (and illustrated!) personal essay: And the Pursuit of Happiness
I found an old copy (3rd edition) of Strunk and WEhite once in an office in a soon-to-be-demolished campus building. I had a flick through it and consigned it to the "toss" pile. But to be fair, I don't know what the field of grammar/style books was like when S&W came out. Most of its basic advice is recycled (albeit in more elaborate, better explained form) in recent comp texts; if at the time, it was the best/only manual available, than that's how it was.
This was a fun (and illustrated!) personal essay: And the Pursuit of Happiness
