tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693447195304802204.post362503235850690775..comments2023-11-07T17:23:45.523-05:00Comments on Biblio Researching: A Correction to the Copyright and Bibliographic Records of The Elements of StyleJerry Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12692297896214444738noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693447195304802204.post-57820420007569315242010-07-13T12:00:31.551-04:002010-07-13T12:00:31.551-04:00To Anonymous,
The sentence you refer to concernin...To Anonymous,<br /><br />The sentence you refer to concerning use of the active voice was not included in any of the early Strunk editions. White included it in his 1959 edition.Jerry Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12692297896214444738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693447195304802204.post-4356177947367112562010-01-20T15:20:30.664-05:002010-01-20T15:20:30.664-05:00I would like to examine a copy of the c. 1940 edit...I would like to examine a copy of the c. 1940 edition. The Library of Congress does not have it. I am trying to determine the source of the sentence in the 1959 edition at the end of the "use the active voice" rule. It says "when a sentence is made stronger, it usually becomes shorter." I assume that it was added by E.B. White for the 1959 book, but I cannot be sure unless I see the last version that Strunk revised himself. Can you shed any light, or tell me where I can find a copy to buy or look at?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693447195304802204.post-1046965777938671752009-11-22T13:19:24.784-05:002009-11-22T13:19:24.784-05:00I have a particular interest in identifying E.B. W...I have a particular interest in identifying E.B. White's specific contributions to "The Elements of Style", i.e., in distiguishing Strunk from White. My observations have been based on the 1920 Harcourt Brace edition, which is the latest pre-White version that I've been able to find. For example, in that edition, the section entitled "Do not join independent clauses by a comma" begins as follows:<br /><br />"If two or more clauses, grammatically complete and not joined by a conjunction, are to form ...."<br /><br />But in Strunk and White, the two commas are missing. If I could find a copy of Strunk and Tenney (1935?), I might be able to confirm that this is indeed White's doing. (Your stated concern with W. Humphrey's middle initial suggests that you might be sympathetic with my problem.) Can you suggest a source? I'd be happy to pay for a legible reproduction of any sort.<br /><br />Please respond to david.russinoff@amd.com.David Russinoffhttp://www.russinoff.comnoreply@blogger.com