Writing with Style. The author reminds every writer to learn the grammar rules well and then to break them in order to create excellent prose. She gives plenty of examples from all walks of writing and language.


Each chapter is composed of


Bones- basic rules


Flesh- details with style suggestions


Cardinal Sins-Where and how the average writer goes wrong


Carnal Pleasures-Playing around with rules

The spicy playful tone of the author. She makes reading a teaching book a lot of fun.

The way she picks on public figures.

read it again. Then I went back to my old pieces and picked on them.

helped, because it contained an immense amount of pointers I couldn't find or have missed in other grammar or style books that I had read before.

Constance Hale has studied English at Princeton and has a master's degree in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley. She is also the author of Wired Style, a guide to online English usage. She has written for many publications on the correct usage of English.

It explains the correct usage of English as well as encouraging creative prose.

This doesn't apply because I do recommend this book.

Anyone, even those who think that they write very well, should read this book. It is not pedantic although it is informative. It is also a lot of fun to read.

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