Title: The Elements of Style (1920)
Author: William Strunk, Jr.
Pages: 52
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & Howe
“This book aims to give in brief space the principal requirements of plain English style. It aims to lighten the task of instructor and student by concentrating attention on a few essentials, the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated.”
— Introductory of The Elements of Style.
The Elements of Style consists of seven chapters in total, with Chapter I being an introductory chapter and Chapter VII being an exercise. Being simple and easy to understand, this book is worth to read.
The electronic copy of this book can be acquired here.
The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library.
There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text.
Synopsis
A few essentials, often violated by student or even instructor, yet it denotes a very important point in mastering English.
Following the rules of usage, there are three rules for the usage of the comma and one for the usage of the semicolon, in the belief that these four rules provide all the internal punctuation that is required by nineteen sentences out of twenty.
Chapter VI
"The spelling of English words is not fixed and invariable, nor does it depend on any other authority than general agreement."
Spelling is one important thing which exist in English (and any other languages). This chapter discuss about some words that often misspelled because of confusing letters or the difference between the written word and the spoken word.
Moreover, this chapter also talking about rules or suggestion in which a word should be writing depending on the context and the usage of the word on said sentence.
Chapter VII
Chapter VI
"The spelling of English words is not fixed and invariable, nor does it depend on any other authority than general agreement."
Spelling is one important thing which exist in English (and any other languages). This chapter discuss about some words that often misspelled because of confusing letters or the difference between the written word and the spoken word.
Moreover, this chapter also talking about rules or suggestion in which a word should be writing depending on the context and the usage of the word on said sentence.
Chapter VII
"What have we learned from this book?"
"Do we really understand what is written in this book?"
"Can we apply what we have learned from this book?"
The final chapter of this book, after learning a lot a rules and other essentials, it is time to check whether the reader really understand what is written in this book, thus this final chapter contains exercises on Chapter I and Chapter II as a media to enhance reader's understanding about what is written in this book.
A simple example, questions, there are a lot of sample sentences which can be used as exercise in this chapter.
"Do we really understand what is written in this book?"
"Can we apply what we have learned from this book?"
The final chapter of this book, after learning a lot a rules and other essentials, it is time to check whether the reader really understand what is written in this book, thus this final chapter contains exercises on Chapter I and Chapter II as a media to enhance reader's understanding about what is written in this book.
A simple example, questions, there are a lot of sample sentences which can be used as exercise in this chapter.
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