The book that ruined your English writing

#englishgrammar #english #highereducation
"50 Years of Stupid Grammar Advice" by Geoffrey K. Pullum www.lel.ed.ac.u...
Background: In 2011, Time named The Elements of Style one of the 100 best and most influential non-fiction books written in English since 1923. In 2016, the Open Syllabus Project ranked it as the most frequently assigned text in U.S. academic syllabi, based on an analysis of 933,635 texts from over 1 million syllabi.
Further reading: "The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century" by Steven Pinker.

[@nicksren]

OH DAMNNN, I WAS GIVEN THIS BOOK TO USE AND YOU ARE TOTALLY RIGHT

[@minniewannie]

I began receiving praise for my English writing as soon as I stopped following their advice. This is one reason I don’t view English as a serious academic discipline. It’s less about employing scientific methods to study effective reading and writing, and more about conforming to subjective opinions on what the "correct" way to read and write should be.