In reading my classmates blogs about Strunk and White, and William's book, I found that a lot of the people had the same feelings and thoughts as I did. I even found it interesting that Rebecca had almost the same idea of the Strunk and white book. In her blog she posted, "this book is very helpful as a reference tool for writers," (http://rcreteau.blogspot.com/). When I was thinking of my comparisons of the books, I too, came across the same idea. That the S&W book would be a good book to keep on hand for quick judgement calls if you get stuck on what to use in a certain situation. Rebecca and Alena also agreed on another comparison that I agreed with, in saying that the S&W book is mostly for strict grammar rules, and doesn't allow for any room in style, it must be kept short, tight, and neat, which was put in form must better by Alena, "I realized that this book contained a lot of answers that I had questions to as a writer. I feel that this book is focused towards the technical part of writing, rather then the quality or eloquence of it.," (http://nenarad07.blogspot.com/). Rebecca touched more on my opinion of my feelings towards the book that changed over time when she posted, "It blatantly answered some of the questions I have always had about specific grammar rules. However, as I read the book more carefully and thoroughly, my opinion of the book changed. Interlaced through the strict style rules..." (Becca). I whole heartily agree with this change in opinion. At the beginning of reading the book I thought it was a great book for writers that want to improve their writing, but then realized it's not really for improving your writing, just improving the structure of how it looks on paper. It was too strict and didn't give enough information or suggestions on style for improving writing, it didn't open the mind up to a new style or better style you could say. Both of them also agreed that William's information was much more complex, which I also agree with. You really have to pay attention to the reading and try to understand all of his suggestions in order to comprehend what is being suggested to improve your writing. Reading their blogs revealed to me that many of the other students feel the same way that I do about the books, which was kind of a relief in a small way (it let me know I was on the same page as them). :)