The Theory of Everything
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Rated 5 starsA book that's worh living with
Richard Marius's handbook for writers is the best I have ever seen. It is writen with the same clarity of purpose as Strunk and White's _The Elements of Style_ but more thorough on the rhetorical dimensions of writing. His chapters, "Paragraphs" and "The Fundamental Principles of Sentences," are especially useful and entertaining to read. I must, however, point out a startling difference between the the third and fourth...
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Rated 5 starsA vital book for anyone who writes in the English language
Richard Marius has done an excellent job with this book. In an engaging and witty style, he sets forth the dos and don'ts for writing the English language. He happily tells why certain "elementary school" rules should be ignored (beginning a sentence with a conjunction) and points out common grammatical errors ("as" verses "like" and "bad" verses "badly" are two I had to clean up). This small but dense book is a joy...
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