pb Advice on good writing from everybody's favorite editorial curmudgeonbp pPersnickety, cantankerous, opinionated, entertaining, hilarious, wise...these are a few of the adjectives reviewers used to describe good-writing maven Bill Walsh's previous book, iLapsing Into a Commai. Now, picking up where he left off in iLapsingi, Walsh addresses the dozen or so biggest issues that every writer or editor must master. He also offers a trunkload of good advice on the many little things that add up to good writing. Featuring all the elements that made iLapsing isuch a fun read, including Walsh's trademark acerbic wit and fascinating digressions on language and its discontents, iThe Elephants of Style iprovides p ul liTips on how to tame the elephants of style--the most important, frequently confused elements of good writing liMore of Walsh's popular Curmudgeon's Stylebook--includes entries such as Snarky Specificity, Metaphors, Near and Far, Actually is the New Like, and other uses and misuses