The Elements of Style

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.[