The Elements of Style

THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE (1918), by William Strunk, Jr., is a prescriptive American English writing style guide comprising seven "elementary rules of usage", eleven "elementary principles of composition", "a few matters of form", a list of sixty-two "words and expressions commonly misused", and a list of sixty-five "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.