Clear English: How to Improve Your Style

by Frank St. George, Andrew St. George

In 1919, William Strunk Jr privately printed a little book which, when revised by E.B. White 38 years later, was to become 'The Elements of Style', a classic text on grammar and usage. English in the 1990s is a very much different language from that of the 1940s. Now widely regarded as universal language of business and commerce, English (and its elegant usage) is constantly gaining in importance in the world today. This is a comprehensive and easy-to-use guide to the finer complexities of English usage. The book is for everyone who already has a command of the conventions of basic English, but who wants to acquire finer precision in expression and clarity in writing.

224 pages, Paperback

First published November 21, 1996

Reviews

[Rose]

This book promised a lot more than it delivered - the spamminess of the blurb was pretty amusing. A lot of the advice was extremely obvious (write multiple drafts; cut out unnecessary words; know what you want to say) and I didn't find much at all that would actually help me. I did, however, learn a few things from the guide to grammar and grammatical terms it included.