Strunk and White parody
The Elements of Press Release Style
E.B. White was born.
A writer who disapproves of “was born” is a writer whose ideas about language no one need take seriously. But neither Strunk nor White is that writer.
xkcd: “Strunk and White”
Today’s xkcd.
Unabomber auction
Did you know that Theodore Kaczynski owned a copy of The Elements of Style?
Battling The Elements
Adam Haslet and Josh Rothman on The Elements of Style
Fish on Strunk and White
No doubt Fish sees his book as more useful than theirs. But his claims here just aren’t accurate.
Zimmer on Strunk and White
“There are good reasons to find fault with The Elements of Style, but one should be sure that it’s The Elements of Style one is criticizing — the thing itself, not some rumor.”
Strunk and White cat
It will HAVE a cheezburger.
Review: Mark Garvey's Stylized
"Mark Garvey’s Stylized is a deeply affectionate, well reseached, and, yes, slightly and frankly obsessive account of The Elements of Style."
The Elements of Style, one more time
"The Elements of Style may work best as a writer's talisman. That's the best explanation I can offer of the book's long-lived pseudo-sacred status."
I dream of Strunk and White
Sample sentences from a dream
More on Pullum, Strunk, White
A sampling of opinion on The Elements of Style
Strunk and White and wit
"One could take such passages as evidence of supreme cluelessness or as evidence of wit. Wit is the better choice, one that respects the intelligence of Strunk and White and their readers."
Hardly convincing (adverb adjective)
Pullum on Strunk and White on adjectives and adverbs
Pullum on Strunk and White
"Pullum's take on Strunk and White involves a significant degree of distortion and plain misreading."
Strunk and White and Seidel
Sentence revision