The Elements of Style

The Elements of Style
First expanded edition (1959)
Author
IllustratorMaira Kalman (2005 only)
CountryUnited States
SubjectAmerican English style guide
Publisher
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages43 (1918), 52 (1920),[1] 71 (1959), 105 (1999)
OCLC27652766
808/.042 21
LC ClassPE1421 .S7 (Strunk)[1]
PE1408 .S772 (Strunk & White)

The Elements of Style is a style guide to writing American English, published in numerous editions. The original was written by William Strunk Jr. in 1918, and published by Harcourt in 1920, comprising eight "elementary rules of usage," ten "elementary principles of composition," "a few matters of form," a list of 49 "words and expressions commonly misused," and a list of 57 "words often misspelled." Writer and editor E. B. White greatly enlarged and revised the book for publication by Macmillan in 1959. That was the first edition of the so-called Strunk & White, which Time recognized in 2011 as one of the 100 best and most influential books written in English since 1923.[2]

American wit Dorothy Parker said, regarding the book:

If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second-greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first-greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they're happy.[3]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference LCC1920 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Skarda, Erin (August 16, 2011). "Elements of Style". All-Time 100 Nonfiction Books. Time, Inc. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  3. ^ Roberts, Sam (21 April 2009). "'The Elements of Style' Turns 50". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-04-10.

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