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<blockquote data-quote="woodelf" data-source="post: 1479990" data-attributes="member: 10201">No. Strunk&amp;White isn't a grammar text, it's a style guide--if you don't already know the grammar, it won't teach it to you. It *will* clean up your writing, almost assuredly, but it doesn't cover everything by any stretch (it's only 85pp, about 4&quot;x6&quot;). It will help greatly with your commas. Anyway, AFAIK, there isn't even a comprehensive description of English grammar if you're willing to pay for it. There are, rather, several conflicting &quot;comprehensive&quot; descriptions of English grammar. All that i'm aware of bill themselves as style guides, but in the process they pretty much cover all of the grammar. In the US, the three most prominent are probably AP Style Guide, Chicago Manual of Style (my personal favorite), and MLA Style Guide.I take that back. Poking around the site linked for Strunk &amp; White, i find they also have American Heritage® Book of English (<a href="http://www.bartleby.com/64/" target="_blank">http://www.bartleby.com/64/</a>) and The Columbia Guide to Standard American English (<a href="http://www.bartleby.com/68/" target="_blank">http://www.bartleby.com/68/</a>). Perhaps one of those will serve you well?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="woodelf, post: 1479990, member: 10201"] No. Strunk&White isn't a grammar text, it's a style guide--if you don't already know the grammar, it won't teach it to you. It *will* clean up your writing, almost assuredly, but it doesn't cover everything by any stretch (it's only 85pp, about 4"x6"). It [i]will[/i] help greatly with your commas. Anyway, AFAIK, there isn't even a comprehensive description of English grammar if you're willing to pay for it. There are, rather, several conflicting "comprehensive" descriptions of English grammar. All that i'm aware of bill themselves as style guides, but in the process they pretty much cover all of the grammar. In the US, the three most prominent are probably AP Style Guide, Chicago Manual of Style (my personal favorite), and MLA Style Guide. I take that back. Poking around the site linked for Strunk & White, i find they also have American Heritage® Book of English ([url]http://www.bartleby.com/64/[/url]) and The Columbia Guide to Standard American English ([url]http://www.bartleby.com/68/[/url]). Perhaps one of those will serve you well? [/QUOTE]

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