The Element of Style by William Strunk and E B White is a classic guide to good English. I was introduced to this book when I took extramural course conducted by University of Singapore probably 25 or 30 years ago. My instructor has a Master Degree in English. He was educated in Chinese during his primary and secondary school. So his spoken English was not impressive. I still remember he actually learned all the words in Oxford Advanced English Dictionary by underlining every word and remembering them by heart.
Anyway, back to Element of Style. It is a tiny book. So it is not intimidating. It has good advice. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to improve his or her English.
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