Monday, September 22, 2008

Elements of Style - New Insights (for me!)

Frankenstrunk - The Boston Globe

But ''The Elements"'s new clothes can't hide the worsening limp and spackled complexion that plague this aging zombie of a book.

Return of the living dead - Jan Freeman - The W...

the book has a lot of silly or half-explained "rules" and a little advice about writing that's fine if you're already a good enough writer to apply it.

I read the section they're reffering to, and yes they're right! Why are so many people still hooked on it then?