Different Styles of Writing :: Writing Writers Education Essays

Different Styles of Writing Over the past couple of weeks Ive learned a lot about the styles of writing. I have read both Joseph M. Williams Style Toward Clarity and Grace along with William Strunk and E.B. Whites The Elements of Style which have both expanded my mind on style in papers. Throughout this paper Im going to explain the following things that I think be the or so important in terms of style in a paper for school, work and everyday life. I think the number one of the close important thing about style is Chapter 3 in Strunk and Whites book called A Few Matters of Form. I think its the some important because it teaches you so much about things that you may over use in a paper or that you may have no intimation how to use. For myself the most useful thing from this chapter was the part on victimization numerals. According to Strunk and White they state Do not spell out dates or other(a) serial numbers. Write them in figures or in Roman notation, as appropriate. Example August 9th or Rule 3. Exception When they occur in dialogue, most dates and numbers are best spelled out. Example I arrived home on August ninth. (Page 35) I have always done this wrong and no grammar or college teacher has ever explained the same way of doing this. Which is why I think its one of the most important things about writing, you have to know the coif way to write something in order for it to toilsome good. Im not saying that Strunk and Whites rule is set in stone. Im just simple stating that I can bewitch how this rule could be correct. Something else from that chapter that was extremely useful, that I found helpful was the use of exclamation marks. Do not attempt to emphasize simple statements by using a mark of exclamation. Example What a wonderful show Correct way What a wonderful show. (Page 34) I think that sometimes I compass exclamation point happy if you will, because I do exactly what they tell you not to do I put them in to make words sound mor e exciting. Another chapter that I found to be extremely useful in the Strunk and White text was Chapter 4 Words and Expressions Commonly Misused.