An "overopinionated and underinformed little book"

I knew there was a reason I disliked The Elements of Style. This professor tells me why.

I once had a girlfriend with a similar attitude; it was like making love to Strunk and White without the frisson of a three-way. Though she never came out and said it, I suspect she believed I was to a "real" writer what a three-legged dog is to the usual variety. I, naturally, disagreed. We broke up before Barry Trotter came out and proved us both right.