For those unfamiliar with his nonfiction, White is also the author of
the classic "Charlotte's Web".

Craig>

Yes, the original "Elements of Style" was written by White's professor at
> Cornell, William Strunk, Jr., who had it privately printed and required it
> of his
> own English 8 students.   (Sound familiar?)   The newest edition I have is
> the Fourth, which contains a foreword by Roger Angell, who further edited
> the
> book, as White had done for Strunk.
>
> As for the "correctness" of anything by any published author, we might
> remember that they all have editors.   Thus if there are errors, they are
> errors
> committed by at least two highly literate people.
>
> For what it's worth, Hemingway's editor, Max Perkins, was reputed to have
> been one of the best ever.   White's first "Elements" would have been
> edited at
> Macmillan (1959), a well respected firm.   His editor at "The New Yorker"
> would
> have been the legendary Harold Ross.
>
> Ed Schuster
>
>
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