TY - BOOK AU - Strunk, William. TI - The elements of style SN - 9781499142235 PY - 2014/// CY - Ithaca, N.Y PB - Priv. print KW - English language --Rhetoric N2 - The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. 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". In 2011, Time magazine listed The Elements of Style as one of the 100 best and most influential books written in English since 1923 ER -