A masterpiece in the art of clear and concise writing,and an exemplar of the principles it explains.

—Amazon.com

这是一本清晰简洁的写作艺术杰作，一本阐述写作准则的典范。

——亚马逊图书

Buy it,study it,enjoy it.It's as timeless as a book can be in our age of volubility.

—The New York Times

购买它，学习它，享受它。这是我们这个时代非常畅销的书，它的价值将是永恒的。

——《纽约时报》

No book in shorter space,with fewer words,will help any writer more than this persistent little volume.

—The Boston Globe

没有哪本书能够比这本经典的作品更好地做到用简短的篇幅和简练的语言帮助每一位读者了。

——《波士顿环球报》

The book remains a nonpareil:direct,correct,and delightful.

—The New Yorker

这是一本绝世佳作：率直，得体，生动。

——《纽约客》

This excellent book,which should go off to college with every freshman,is recognized as the best book of its kind we have.

—St.Paul Dispatch-Pioneer Press

这本被认为是我们这个时代最优秀的写作类图书，每个新生都应该入手一本。

——《圣保罗先锋报》

It's hard to imagine an engineer or a manager who doesn't need to express himself in English prose as part of his job.It's also hard toimagine a writer who will not be improved by a liberal application of The Elements of Style.

—Telephone Engineer&Management

每个人都需要用文章表达自己。同样，每个掌握了本书技巧的作者，写作能力都会得到极大的提高。

——《电话工程与管理》