Writing doesn't come easily to me!. Over the years I have struggled to get it correct.
I read a lot of books, wrote a lot of essays and referred to a lots of guides. I followed "Wren and Martin" religiously and I credit my elementary knowledge of English grammar to this book. Still I am not an accomplished writer and often cannot avoid errors of usage and construction.
Over the last few years, I have graduated to using the following two style guides and often find it useful to review them once in a while.
"The Elements of Style" by "William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White" is succinct, prescriptive and extremely useful. It details elementary rules of usage and principles of composition. It helped me a lot in writing my application essays to the University correctly without many flaws. It is a book worth having and one can even get a pdf. format from the Internet (do a google search).
I also use "The Style Guide" from "The Economist" which is a bit more detailed. It i
s a good practical guide especially for business writing. This is followed by all the journalist at The Economist and is an entertaining read to getting your writing right.
These two books, I believe, are a must-haves for anyone desiring to be a masterful-writer.
I read a lot of books, wrote a lot of essays and referred to a lots of guides. I followed "Wren and Martin" religiously and I credit my elementary knowledge of English grammar to this book. Still I am not an accomplished writer and often cannot avoid errors of usage and construction.
Over the last few years, I have graduated to using the following two style guides and often find it useful to review them once in a while.
"The Elements of Style" by "William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White" is succinct, prescriptive and extremely useful. It details elementary rules of usage and principles of composition. It helped me a lot in writing my application essays to the University correctly without many flaws. It is a book worth having and one can even get a pdf. format from the Internet (do a google search).
I also use "The Style Guide" from "The Economist" which is a bit more detailed. It i
s a good practical guide especially for business writing. This is followed by all the journalist at The Economist and is an entertaining read to getting your writing right.These two books, I believe, are a must-haves for anyone desiring to be a masterful-writer.
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