comparing

I believe that Williams took a different approach than Strunk and White but still managed to touch some similiar subjects. But their ideas were usually conflicted. The one thing I really liked about Williams' was his way of breaking writing myths. The bad thing is that some of the myths he discounted were ones Strunk had written. Like I mentioned in another blog Strunk and White talked about omitting long sentences with lots of words. But Williams mentioned how long sentences were good as long you were clear about the subject and verb. So now I am at square one in dealing with long snetences. Should I use them if I can or lose them like Strunk suggests?
Besides touching similiar subjects, these two books were very different from one another. While Strunk and White just stated the rules and gave examples more or less, Williams' took the time to explain each rule in depth. This was useful because it gave me understanding on why I should do it that way instead of memorizing it and just doing the rule. On the other hand, I felt that Stunk's rules were more relevant. I felt I took more from his book on writing than I did Williams'. I may not understand why I had to do those rules but I got clear cut ways of writing.
While I may not know which one is better when learning the proper grammars of writing, I do believe it is important to look at both because it gave me a better understanding on how to write.