The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. & How To Speak And Write Correctly by Joseph Devlin - Special Edition (Paperback) - Common

by William Strunk Jr.

The Elements of Style (1918) 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".ANDHOW TO SPEAK AND WRITE CORRECTLY (1910) by JOSEPH DEVLIN, M.A.Cover the topics of Requirements of Speech, Essentials of English Grammar, Arrangement of Words in a Sentence, SLANG, Writing For Newspapers, etc.+Active table of contents

Genres: Writing, Nonfiction

164 pages, Unknown Binding

First published May 2, 2007

About the author

William Strunk Jr. was a professor of English at Cornell University and, together with E.B. White, author of The Elements of Style (1918).

Reviews

[Lim Yi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love it! A book that makes me realised the bad habits I had with English speaking and writing, not too late to change!

[Marcia · Rating 5 out of 5]

This ultimate guide to proper English form and function.