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The Elements of Style (1918), also known as Strunk & White, by William Strunk, Jr. and E. B. White, is a prescriptive American English writing style guide comprising eight "elementary rules of usage", ten "elementary principles of composition", "a few matters of form", a list of forty-nine "words and expressions commonly misused", and a list of fifty-seven "words often misspelled".
In 2011, Time magazine listed the writing style-guide as one of the 100 best and most influential books written in English since 1923.
History
Cornell University professor of English William Strunk, Jr., wrot...