Strunk and White
Grammar guide authors
Strunk and White refers to *The Elements of Style*, a concise American English writing guide first published in 1918 by William Strunk Jr. and later revised and expanded by E.B.
White.
The slim volume advocates for clarity, brevity, and active voice, offering pithy rules like "Omit needless words." It remains widely assigned in schools and frequently consulted by writers, though linguists sometimes criticize its prescriptive approach.
My editor told me to reread Strunk and White before the next draft.
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
- styleDistinctive way of expression
- elementsFundamental parts or substances
- writingRecorded language on surface
- conciseBriefly and clearly stated
clear writing · clarity · omit · needless · words · prose · manual · writing guide · rules · punctuation · usage · composition · brevity · active · voice · plain English · vigorous · active voice
- reference booksdictionary, dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri
- Style Guidesstylebook, editorial guidelines, AP style, house style, grammar rules
- writing guideswriting guide, writing manual, style guide, style manual, grammar guide
- collaboratorscoauthors, partner, cowriters, coworker, co-directors
- Co-creatorsLennon and McCartney, Gilbert and Sullivan
Strunk and Whitedescriptivism
Documenting actual language use
Strunk and Whitepurple prose
Overly elaborate, emotional writing
William Faulkner · Henry James · David Foster Wallace · Thomas Pynchon · maximalism
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