What is The Elements of Style?
Q: What is The Elements of Style?
A: The Elements of Style is an American English writing style guide that lists brief guidelines for writing simple English.
Q: Who composed the original version of The Elements of Style?
A: William Strunk Jr. composed the original version of The Elements of Style in 1918.
Q: When was the original version of The Elements of Style published?
A: The original version of The Elements of Style was published by Harcourt in 1920.
Q: What does the original version of The Elements of Style contain?
A: The original version of The Elements of Style contains 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".
Q: Who enlarged and revised The Elements of Style?
A: E. B. White enlarged and revised The Elements of Style for publication by Macmillan in 1959.
Q: What is the so-called "Strunk & White"?
A: The so-called "Strunk & White" is the enlarged and revised version of The Elements of Style by E. B. White, published in 1959.
Q: How many copies of The Elements of Style have been sold?
A: More than ten million copies of the three printings (1959 edition, 1972 edition, and 1988 edition) of The Elements of Style have been sold.
