Sunday, October 5, 2008
From what I recall in the reading, William's didn't hit the rules I discussed in my Strunk and White blog very much, mostly because it's a different type of book. Strunk and White'sbook was more of a straight to the point, no "why" about it. While Williams' book was not just giving certain rules for writing but why they were that way and even good examples of how to use them. I think Strunk and White's book was a lot farther in depth when it came to the grammar rules like commas, colons, etc. It gave a good basic layout for each type of punctuation in writing and a small example of each. William's did this in part, but not in depth and not on as many things as Stunk and White. Williams' book was a lot easier to understand and follow though, especially when he was explaining the sentence structures and different ways to make them flow, along with paragraphs and topics. He actually explains things in his book which was very helpful, because I personally am a person that doesn't like knowing or doing something without the "why" of it. I think it makes it easier to write "correctly" when you know why you are supposed to write this way, or why you should or shouldn't use this word or punctuation at this part of your writing. Overall I think the information Williams' gave on all of his chapters, but especially on the chapter Coherence, because it was a new way of thinking about your writing and it explains it very well. Which I think will allow me and many other people that read this book, the ability to write better for our careers. I think Stunk and White's book was only more effective in actually stating and reinforcing the basic rules of writing, it would be a good book for reference while writing if you were unsure of what word or punctuation to use at a certain point.
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