As for Strunk and White’s Elements of Style, check out the New York Times review of the new (and current) edition as compared to previous ones–I think it was in June or July. It says it all–much more succinctly than I could. But, if I may summarize my personal biases, I prefer E. B. White’s terse, spare, and straight-forward approach to a “comic book” type of revision. You will note, too, that the revisers did not presume to add their name to the cover title. But, then, I object to the changing of the text in our church’s hymn book to make it agree with someone’s idea that all male references to God should be expunged from our music. Revisionist history is not good for anyone. Can you imagine the public outrage if current Republicans decided to revise Teddy Roosevelt’s writings to agree with their thinking? I think the old phrase was “you pays your money and you takes your choice.