Ann Hall wishes people would return to William Strunk and E.B. White’s “The Elements of Style.” Currently, she’s a professor in the comparative humanities department at the University of Louisville.

Be clear, they said, and, by God, clarity is what they got. Sentences that zinged by like bullets—bang, a shot rings out, and bang, the man at the bar with a whiskey sour slumps over dead, and bang, ...

The rant that Geoffrey Pullum will give on our air today regarding the mostly-venerated Elements of Style by Strunk and White, isn't the first time he's roared on this subject. I'm a devoted reader of ...

I made the mistake of emailing Jim Hale an opinion. I sent him a mewling defense of the classic writing guide “The Elements of Style” by Strunk & White the day after his column questioned its utility.

To read the back cover of Strunk and White’s “The Elements of Style,” you’d think it was God’s gift to the English-speaking world — “excellent,” “timeless,” “delightful,” “ … should be the daily ...

When it rolls around April 16, one angry academic will not be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the esteemed Strunk and White's Elements of Style. Before those vexed by grammar throw a ...

What to get with that gift card that’s thickening your wallet, first installment: Remember “The Elements of Style” by William Strunk and E.B. White, the battered paperback reference on writing you ...

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