Pros: The Standard for Writers and Editors Cons: Pricey, but invaluable. Can find it used. Doesn't include online terms.
The Chicago Manual of Style, Fourteenth Edition (1993) is the only style manual and grammar guide you'll ever need. Witness the fact that most elite magazines, book publishers, and editors use this as the manual of choice.
Pros: thorough to the point of exhaustion Cons: it's nearly impossible to find anything you're looking for, anything useful
As an editor and a proofreader, I've used both The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law and The Chicago Manual of Style: The Essential Guide for Writers, Editors, and Publishers (14th Edition). Having been taught by a school...
Pros: Invaluable as a Writer's Reference Cons: At times you won't find what you're looking for because you don't know how to look it up
For eons, the only bible of grammar (for me, anyway) was Strunk and White's. Then one day, a co-worker mentioned the Chicago Manual of Style. Being a whimmy sort of person, I went straight out and bought it.
Now in its fifteenth edition, The Chicago Manual of Style--the essential reference for authors, editors, proofreaders, indexers, copywriters, designer...More at Christianbook.com
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