Bibliography of American English Spelling, Punctuation, Grammar, Usage, and Style


1. William Strunk, Jr. and E. B. White

The Elements of Style

(The Macmillan Co., New York; 1959).


2. William Strunk, Jr., E. B. White, and Maira Kalman

The Elements of Style Illustrated

(Penguin Press HC, New York; 2005).


3. Margaret Nicholson, Editor

Fowler’s Modern English Usage: A Dictionary of English Usage

(The New American Library, Oxford University Press, New York; 1957).


4. R. W. Burchfield, Editor

Fowler's Modern English Usage

(Oxford University Press, New York; 1926; 1965; 2004).


5. Eric Partridge

Usage and Abusage: A Guike to Good English: How to Pick the Right Words - and Avoid the Wrong Ones – in Speech and Writing

(W. W. Norton & Co., New York; 1995).


6. Henry W. Fowler and R. W. Burchfield, Editor

The New Fowler's Modern English Usage, 3rd Edition

(Oxford University Press, New York; 2000).


7. Joseph M Williams

Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace, 6th Edition

Addison Wesley Longman, Inc. New York; 2000).


8. Harry Shaw

Punctuate It Right: A Complete, Authoritative, Quick-Reference Guide To Modern Punctuation and Related Mechanics of Writing, Showing What Marks To Use, When Where, How, and Why,

Including a Detailed Glossary for “Punctuation for Clarity”

(Harper & Row, New York; 1986).


9. Harry Shaw

Errors in English and Ways To Correct Them: The Practical Approach To Correct Word Usage, Sentence Structure, Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar, 3rd Edition

(Harper & Row, New York; 1986).


10. Bill Walsh

Lapsing into a Comma: A Curmudgeon’s Guide to the Many Things That Can Go Wrong in Print – and How To Avoid Them

(Contemporary Books; Chicago, IL; 2000).


11. John C. Hodges

Harbrace College Handbook, 4th Edition

(Harcourt, Brace, and Company, New York; 1956).


12. Karen Elizabeth Gordon

The Well-Tempered Sentence: A Punctuation Handbook for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed

(Tichnor and Fields, New Haven, CT; 1983).

  

13. Karen Elizabeth Gordon

The Transitive Vampire: A Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed

(Times Books, Random House, New York; 1984).


14. Lynne Truss

Eats, Shoots, and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation

(Gotham Books, Penguin Group; New York; 2004).


15. James Geary  

The World in a Phrase: A History of Aphorisms

(Bloomsbury, New York; 2005).


16. Don LePan, Ed.

The Broadview Book of Common Errors in English

(Broadview Press Ltd., New York; 1988).


17. Anne Stilman

Grammatically Correct: The Writer's Essential Guide to Punctuation, Spelling, Style, Usage, and Grammar

(Writer’s Digest Book, New York; 2004).


18. Associated Press

AP Stylebook

(Associated Press, New York; 2004). 


19. Mark Lester and Larry Beason

The McGraw-Hill Handbook of English Grammar and Usage

(McGraw-Hill, New York; 2004).


20. William Safire,
Fumblerules: A Lighthearted Guide to Grammar and Good Usage
(Doubleday, New York; 1990).