: Re: Strunk and White vs "Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace" by Williams and Colomb I'd like to improve my writing and have been considering getting either The Elements of Style by Strunk and

The Elements of Style is fundamental and applies to all forms of writing. I'm not familiar with Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace, so I'm unable to comment on it.

Since your interest lies with writing in a technical setting, I suggest you also look at some style guides for technical writing. Jean Weber has a fairly comprehensive list of books related to technical writing on her blog, Technical Editors' Eyrie. See her list of Technical editing and style guides.

UPDATE: Based on a couple comments on the original question, I recommend checking out Sin and Syntax if you're disinclined to use The Elements of Style. I read it a year or so back and I've found it more useful than Elements. I keep them side-by-side on my desk, along with The Chicago Manual of Style.

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