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The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.

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The Elements of Style is a guide to usage in the writing of English. Originally written in 1918 by William Strunk, Jr. , it was revised by Strunk and Edward A. Tenny in 1935. In 1959 an expanded and modernized edition was made by E. B. White . This...


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The Elements of Style ("Strunk & White") is an American English writing style guide. It is one of the most influential and best-known prescriptive treatments of English grammar and usage in the United States. It originally detailed eight elementary...


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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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12/03/2000: 523 words, approx. 2 pages
Elements of style First lady writes about White House traditions By LAWRENCE L. KNUTSON Associated Press Sunday, December 3, 2000 Washington -- Hillary Rodham Clinton, who will soon vault from the White House to the U.S. Senate, pays farewell...
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Arkansas House to argue over apostrophes
2/28/2007: 314 words, approx. 1 pages
Call it Arkansas' apostrophe act _ or, as Rep. Steve Harrelson would have it, "Arkansas's apostrophe act."Harrelson filed a resolution Tuesday to declare the correct possessive form of the state as "Arkansas's." The resolution carries no legal weight, Harrelson acknowledged, but said a family friend...
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Ark. lawmakers approve grammar tweak
3/14/2007: 289 words, approx. 1 pages
Arkansas' grammar got a tweak on Tuesday _ or rather, Arkansas's grammar did.Legislators will send Gov. Mike Beebe a resolution declaring "Arkansas's" the proper possessive form of the state's name, but the governor is way ahead of them. His office began using the additional "s"...
 


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Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Debra Fried
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In the following essay, Fried analyzes Strunk and White's handbook from a feminist perspective.
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Critical Essay by E. B. White
2,877 words, approx. 10 pages
In the following essay, which was originally published in 1957, White offers personal recollections of Strunk and praises The Elements of Style for its brevity and significance.
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Critical Essay by Trish Deitch Rohrer
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In the following essay, Rohrer praises White's revisions to Strunk's The Elements of Style.
 


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