Comparing The Element of Style and Style Toward Clarity and Grace :: Compare Contrast Comparison

Comparing The Element of drift and Style Toward Clarity and GraceStylish writing has never been much of an issue before reading Strunk and White and Williams. I personally would interpret style as being an individual refection of ones self. In reading The Element of Style and Style Toward Clarity and Grace I learned that style isnt necessarily just a reflection of an individuals style and it is also how the many rules to writing are used when composing a piece. In Strunk, White and Williams attempts to educate formal writers on how to write stylish, understandably, and within the rules, they take a crap great examples of the usage of correct grammar, composition, and words and expressions.The authors of both books agree that there are rules to follow when writing a good or stylish writing and that most or all of the rules need to be followed in order for your piece to be a success. I do believe that Williams was a stain more lenient with the rules though. While Strunk and Wh ite seemed to be saying these are the rules follow them or else, Williams seems to be saying, these are the rules follow them but not so much so as to loose your own style. One Rule imposed by Strunk and White that really stood out for me is Do not exempt too much. (75) Strunk and White state that it is seldom advisable to secure all. My problem with this is, when an author is writing his/her objective is generally to explain something or to tell a story and without stating the obvious what actually is too much explaining. Strunk and White were a bit vague on this subject as they were when they said, Be establish and Do not inject opinion(79). Two subjects that are understandable but I dont feel were explained in enough detail. some(prenominal) authors address style from different perspectives but ultimately there are more similarities than differences in the two books, besides the fact that they are both shaping style, they give somewhat similar accounts as to what they feel s tyle is. In Williams Cohesion chapter he emphasizes that to solve the problem with obtaining clarity when writing is to discover how, without sacrificing local clarity, we can shape sentences to fit their context and to reflect those larger intentions that motivate us to write in the first place (45).