The Elements of Style -

William Strunk Jr., E. B. White

The Elements of Style Press

2012

105 páginas

3h 30m

ISBN-13: 1230000038100

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OVERVIEW

This book is intended for use in English courses in which the practice of composition is combined with the study of literature. It aims to give in brief space the principal requirements of plain English style. It aims to lighten the task of instructor and student by concentrating attention (in Chapters II and III) on a few essentials, the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated. The numbers of the sections may be used as references in correcting manuscript.

The book covers only a small portion of the field of English style, but the experience of its writer has been that once past the essentials, students profit most by individual instruction based on the problems of their own work, and that each instructor has his own body of theory, which he prefers to that offered by any textbook.

It is an old observation that the best writers sometimes disregard the rules of rhetoric. When they do so, however, the reader will usually find in the sentence some compensating merit, attained at the cost of the violation. Unless he is certain of doing as well, he will probably do best to follow the rules. After he has learned, by their guidance, to write plain English adequate for everyday uses, let him look, for the secrets of style, to the study of the masters of literature.

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Resenhas (8)

5 (Perfeito)

Gramática para escritores

O livro é curto e direto, explica os erros mais comuns e ensina técnicas para melhorar a escrita.
Os capítulos 1, 3 e 4 são voltados à gramática e à estrutura sintática. Muito do que foi dito eu já sabia ou aprendi na faculdade, e algumas coisas não são aplicáveis ao português, mas no geral são dicas ótimas.
Os capítulos 2 e 5 falam sobre estilos de escrita, com comparações com autores famosos. Gostei bastante dessa parte, teve até conselhos para escritores iniciantes.

"Write in a way that draws the reader's attention to the sense and substance of the writing, rather than to the mood and temper of the author. If the writing is solid and good, the mood and temper of the writer will eventually be revealed and not at the expense of the work. Therefore, the first piece of advice is this: to achieve style, begin by affecting none — that is, place yourself in the background. A careful and honest writer does not need to worry about style. As you become proficient in the use of language, your style will emerge, because you yourself will emerge."