Happy Birthday, Strunk and White! - Room for Debate Blog - NYTimes.com

Happy Birthday, Strunk and White! - Room for Debate Blog - NYTimes.com: "“The Elements of Style” by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White has been released in a 50th anniversary edition. Prized for its focus on clear, concise language, this famous “little book” has been a source of guidance for writers, copy editors and college students for half a century.

But are its rules the be all and end all of writing?"