Upon reading the Strunk and White vs. Williams blog posts, I found that I agreed with a lot of classmates in one aspect or another. Most people found that Strunk and White's book was one that they would refer to more, which I agree with unless it is something that needs a lot of detail or discussion. However, I agree with much of what Nicole has to say about preferring the Williams book overall. It gave more detail and while it was difficult to understand at times, it had more information that I wasn't as familiar with previously. Strunk and White's book is handy as a reference guide, but some of the rules were common sense.
A lot of people found Williams to be much harder to get through and stay focused on, and I agree that it was difficult to continue sometimes, especially when an example was especially complex or drawn out. Still I think that it was very worthwhile to read, because there is a lot of good information in there if time is taken to sort it out.
One last thing mentioned in Nicole's blog that I agree with is that these books are so different that it is difficult to compare them. We can all have views on which book we liked better and why, but both books address style in very different ways.
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