The Elements of Style
The Elements of Style is an American English writing style guide composed 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".
I. Introductory
This book aims to give in brief space the principal requirements of plain English style. It aims ...
II. Elementary Rules of Usage
1. Form the possessive singular of nouns by adding 's. Follow this rule whatever the final conso...
III. Elementary Principles of Composition
8. Make the paragraph the unit of composition: one paragraph to each topic. If the subject on wh...
IV. A Few Matters of Form
Headings. Leave a blank line, or its equivalent in space, after the title or heading of a manuscr...
V. Words and Expressions Commonly Misused
(Some of the forms here listed, as like I did, are downright bad English; others, as the split in...
VI. Spelling
The spelling of English words is not fixed and invariable, nor does it depend on any other author...