Elements of Style

Elements of Style
ISBN-10
1625585004
ISBN-13
9781625585004
Series
Elements of Style
Category
Language Arts & Disciplines
Pages
44
Language
English
Published
2012-12-10
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Author
William Strunk

Description

The Elements of Style (1918), by William Strunk, Jr., and E.B. White, is an American English writing style guide. It is the best-known, most influential prescriptive treatment of English grammar and usage, and often is required reading and usage in U.S. high school and university composition classes. This edition of The Elements of Style details eight elementary rules of usage, ten elementary principles of composition, "a few matters of form," and a list of commonly misused words and expressions.

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