Elements of Style

First published in 1918, William Strunk Jr.'s The Elements of Style is a guide to writing in American English. The boolk outlines eight 'elementary rules of usage', ten 'elementary principles of composition', 'a few matters of form', a list of 49 'words and expressions commonly misused', and a list of 57 'words often misspelled'. A later edition, enhanced by E B White, was named by Time magazine in 2011 as one of the 100 best and most influential books written in English since 1923.