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Could you perhaps recommend some of these alternatives to The Elements of Style? I'm rather curious to read them and see how they compare.
by shadowsun7 13y ago
Could you perhaps recommend some of these alternatives to The Elements of Style? I'm rather curious to read them and see how they compare.
- kafkaesque 13y agoI'll dig through my boxes to find the one I referred to the most. I have the image of the front cover in my head, but not the name. It was something pretty generic, though. But I should clarify I went to school in Canada. All of my style guides were from small publishers and many were written by my instructors/professors. We/I did use some international ones from time to time (some profs had preferences). These were: (1) MLA Style Manual or MLA Handbook (2) AP Stylebook (3) New York Times Manual of Style and Usage (4) Chicago Manual of Style Now that I'm in the United States, I use (4) at work. They have an online version of their entire book (first 30 days free): http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html But to get back to The Elements of Style, it would almost be easier to look at what S&W recommend and see how writers write today, as you're most likely to find the answer right there in front of you. Elements of Style was written in 1918. There have been all sorts of stylistic suggestions since then, depending on your field. The reason why we used more than one style guide at school was because neither can be said to be definitive, exhaustive or the 'best'. Some provided better explanations as to why certain styles were preferred.