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William Strunk Jr.

Born

in Cincinnati, Ohio, The United States

July 01, 1869

Died

September 26, 1946

Genre

Style Guide

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

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Average rating: 4.18 · 85,367 ratings · 4,826 reviews · 53 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Elements of Style 4.18 avg rating — 85,138 ratings — published 1918 — 1849 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Elements of Style; How to Speak and Write Correctly by William Strunk Jr., Joseph Devlin 4.33 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Elements of Fucking Style by William Strunk Jr., F. Scott Titsgerald 3.95 avg rating — 22 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Arte de Saber Escrever 3.52 avg rating — 23 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Elements of Style Collection: 3 Title Collection (Writing Book 1) by William Strunk Jr., Deaver Brown (Editor) 3.88 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Writing by William Strunk Jr. (Contributor), Robert Louis Stevenson (Contributor), Ambrose Bierce (Contributor) 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	English Metres 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1922 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elementi di Stile Nella Scritt 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Importance of the Ghost in Hamlet 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Elements of Style: A Timeless Guide to Writing with Clarity and Precision; Fourth Edition (Annotated) by William Strunk Jr., E.B. White it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Omit needless words.”
― William Strunk Jr., The Elements of Style; How to Speak and Write Correctly

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“Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his subjects only in outline, but that every word tell.”
― William Strunk Jr., The Elements of Style

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“Instead of announcing what you are about to tell is interesting, make it so.”
― William Strunk/E.B. White

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