The Elements of Style

By William Strunk Jr.

Categories: Education & Teaching

The Elements of Style William Strunk concentrated on specific questions of usage—and the cultivation of good writing—with the recommendation "Make every word tell"; hence the 17th principle of composition is the simple instruction: "Omit needless words." The book was also listed as one of the 100 best and most influential books written in English since 1923 by Time in its 2011 list.

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• Bill Nye: “This is my guide. I accept that I’ll never write anything as good as the introductory essay by E.B. White. It’s brilliant.”
• David Heinemeier Hansson: “If you consider programming to be a subset of writing, and I certainly do, then you would also do well to read Elements of Style and On Writing Well.”
• Scott Galloway: “Along those lines, next to my bed is Strunk and White, Elements of Style. ... So, I went back to Strunk and White and I'm like, "Okay, I gotta get my grammar act together."”