Writing with Style: The Economist Guide

A great help with my university work and general writing. Salient advice delivered with ease of understanding foremost.

It’s helpful to have a guide as to what the Economist’s style is.

The Economist has been publishing its guide since 1986, and it has been improving ever since. This last edition, now titled "Writing with Style", before "The Style Guide", is by Lane Greene, also the author of the magnificent weekly column "Johnson", and an enthusiast of languages. To call this book indispensable is to sell it short. It has many sections, all packed with knowledge and insights on how to write (or read or even listen). Only for the first chapter, a succinct essay on how the English language was formed and shaped by successive invasions (Roman, Anglo-Saxon, Norman), this book is worth buying it. I challenge anyone, whatever the trade or walk of life, who cannot find at least a bunch of sound advice on how to use English. For those who use the language as a daily tool, this will be essential.

I use this as a style guide for all of my business writing. You will be educated and entertained with this companion!

As you'd hope for, this style guide is full of good tips for how to write like a human, not a bot!

Well written, succinct and amusing - will improve everyone's writing skills - much needed in today's digital world!

While it is pretty basic, I found it useful because it reminded me about the fundamentals of writing and grammar. Would be useful for beginners.

Für alle, die besser auf Englisch kommunizieren möchten, ist dieses Buch eine absolute Pflichtlektüre. Wichtige Eigenheiten der englischen Sprache werden leicht verständlich erklärt. Der Schwerpunkt liegt darauf, wie man einfach und doch ausdrucksstark schreibt. Wirklich empfehlenswert!

To each his or her own style guide to writing in English. But The Economist has some of the best journalists writing about any subject in the news, and this convincing guide outlines the grammatical, punctuation, spelling, and organizing rules that solve any doubts you may have about how to write well.

This book is an excellent guide to help improve your writing and answer all of those style questions. Lane Greene’s writing style makes this vital subject enjoyable to read.