This is what
The New Yorker had to say about Strunk and White’s
The Elements of Style when it first came out in the late 1950s, and it’s as true today as it was then. I’ve gone through several copies since first reading it in high school, usually buying new ones to replace those I’d given away to friends. But my first copy is still with me, battered cover and marked pages and all. Certainly it’s irreplaceable, but it could definitely use a spanking new illustrated version for company :)
