Grammar

I have at least four copies of The Elements of Style:  a reproduction of the original
White-less version; the fourth edition with a foreword by Roger Angell;
a fun edition illustrated by Maira Kalman and inscribed "To Mommy, my
favorite editor" by a soon-to-be-famous journalist; and a well-worn, dustless copy I have had ever since Dr. Maloney's High School English class <mumble mumble> years ago.

I've written here before about the arguments for and against Strunk and White's little book. Six months after publication of The Elements of Style: 50th Anniversary Edition,  the New York Times' Room for Debate revs the argument up again by asking writers to ponder

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