could be so much fun?
— Amazon.com
guide for any writer.
— Frank Mankiewicz
is an "Elements of Style" for the 21st century. Author Bill Walsh of The Washington Post and The Slot: A Spot for Copy Editors addresses not only the usual usage issues (split infinitives, that vs. which, a historic vs. an historic), but also some topics too new or esoteric to be found in the old style manuals (e-mail vs. email, how to tell a Playmate from a Playboy Bunny and why a right hook is a bad example of a punch). Walsh strikes an often unpredictable balance between the traditional and the progressive in examining the state of American English usage in the computer age.