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William Strunk's and E.B. White's little book "The Elements of Style" has stood the test of time. It was copyrighted by Strunk in 1918. In 1919 it was required reading at Cornell University. It has ...

Foreword / Roger Angell -- Introduction to the 3rd edition / E. B. White -- I. Elementary rules of usage -- II. Elementary principles of composition -- III. A few matters of form -- IV. Words and ...

“While on the glacier, it was impossible not to feel humbled and awe-struck by its enormity.” “I stood outside the arena amazed by its enormity.” “When I look up at the night sky I am just overwhelmed ...

I. Elementary Rules of Usage -- II. Elementary Principles of Composition -- III. A Few Matters of Form -- IV. Words and Expressions Commonly Misused -- V. An Approach to Style (With a List of ...

Starting in college, I lived under the shadow of Strunk and White’s “The Elements of Style,” a slender volume on concise and accurate language use in writing. Prone to using excessive adjectives and ...

Be clear, they said, and, by God, clarity is what they got. Sentences that zinged by like bullets—bang, a shot rings out, and bang, the man at the bar with a whiskey sour slumps over dead, and bang, ...