The Elements of Style
By: By William Strunk Jr. with revisions, an introduction, and a chapter on writing by E. B. White
Contributors: Roger Angell (Foreword)
Edition: 4th edition
Publisher: Longman
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 105
ISBN-13: 9780205309023
Copyright date: 2000, 1979
Description: Revised edition with an added introduction and chapter by E. B. White.
Table of contents: title: Foreword
pagenum: ix; title: Introduction
pagenum: xiii; label: Part I
title: Elementary Rules of Usage
pagenum: 1; label: section 1
title: Form the possessive singular of nouns by adding 's.
pagenum: 1; label: section 2
title: In a series of three or more terms with a single conjunction, use a comma after each term except the last.
pagenum: 2; label: section 3
title: Enclose parenthetic expressions between commas.
pagenum: 2; label: section 4
title: Place a comma before a conjunction introducing an independent clause.
pagenum: 5; label: section 5
title: Do not join independent clauses with a comma.
pagenum: 5; label: section 6
title: Do not break sentences in two.
pagenum: 7; label: section 7
title: Use a colon after an independent clause to introduce a list of particulars, an appositive, an amplification, or an illustrative quotation.
pagenum: 7; label: section 8
title: Use a dash to set off an abrupt break or interruption and to announce a long appositive or summary.
pagenum: 9; label: section 9
title: The number of the subject determines the number of the verb.
pagenum: 9; label: section 10
title: Use the proper case of pronoun.
pagenum: 11; label: section 11
title: A participial phrase at the beginning of a sentence must refer to the grammatical subject.
pagenum: 13; label: Part II
title: Elementary Principles of Composition
pagenum: 15; label: section 12
title: Choose a suitable design and hold to it.
pagenum: 15; label: section 13
title: Make the paragraph the unit of composition.
pagenum: 15; label: section 14
title: Use the active voice.
pagenum: 18; label: section 15
title: Put statements in positive form.
pagenum: 19; label: section 16
title: Use definite, specific, concrete language.
pagenum: 21; label: section 17
title: Omit needless words.
pagenum: 23; label: section 18
title: Avoid a succession of loose sentences.
pagenum: 25; label: section 19
title: Express coordinate ideas in similar form.
pagenum: 26; label: section 20
title: Keep related words together.
pagenum: 28; label: section 21
title: In summaries, keep to one tense.
pagenum: 31; label: section 22
title: Place the emphatic words of a sentence at the end.
pagenum: 32; label: Part III
title: A Few Matters of Form
pagenum: 34; label: Part IV
title: Words and Expressions Commonly Misused
pagenum: 39; label: Part V
title: An Approach to Style
pagenum: 66; label: section 1
title: Place yourself in the background.
pagenum: 70; label: section 2
title: Write in a way that comes naturally.
pagenum: 70; label: section 3
title: Work from a suitable design.
pagenum: 70; label: section 4
title: Write with nouns and verbs.
pagenum: 71; label: section 5
title: Revise and rewrite.
pagenum: 72; label: section 6
title: Do not overwrite.
pagenum: 72; label: section 7
title: Do not overstate.
pagenum: 73; label: section 8
title: Avoid the use of qualifiers.
pagenum: 73; label: section 9
title: Do not affect a breezy manner.
pagenum: 73; label: section 10
title: Use orthodox spelling.
pagenum: 74; label: section 11
title: Do not explain too much.
pagenum: 75; label: section 12
title: Do not construct awkward adverbs.
pagenum: 75; label: section 13
title: MAke sure the reader knows who is speaking.
pagenum: 76; label: section 14
title: Avoid fancy words.
pagenum: 76; label: section 15
title: Do not use dialect unless your ear is good.
pagenum: 78; label: section 16
title: Be clear.
pagenum: 79; label: section 17
title: Do not inject opinion.
pagenum: 79; label: section 18
title: Use figures of speech sparingly.
pagenum: 80; label: section 19
title: Do not take shortcuts at the cost of clarity.
pagenum: 80; label: section 20
title: Avoid foreign languages.
pagenum: 81; label: section 21
title: Prefer the standard to the offbeat.
pagenum: 81; title: Afterword
pagenum: 87; title: Glossary
pagenum: 89; title: Index
pagenum: 97