ELEMENTS OF STYLE for Android The Elements of Style is a prescriptive American English writing style guide in numerous editions.
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The Elements of Style is a prescriptive American English writing style guide in numerous editions. The original was composed by William Strunk Jr., in 1918, and published by Harcourt, in 1920, comprising 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".In The Elements of Style, William Strunk concentrated on specific questions of usageand the cultivation of good writingwith the recommendation "Make every word tell"; hence the 17th principle of composition is the simple instruction: "Omit needless words." The book frames this within a triplet credited to an influential lecturer:Omit needless wordsUse active voiceUse parallel construction on concepts that are parallelThe contents of this Elements of Style app includes:I. IntroductoryII. Elementary Rules of Usage1. Form the possessive singular of nouns by adding 's2. In a series of three or more terms with a single conjunction, use a comma aftereach term except the last3. Enclose parenthetic expressions between commas4. Place a comma before a conjunction introducing a co-ordinate clause5. Do not join independent clauses by a comma6. Do not break sentences in two7. A participial phrase at the beginning of a sentence must refer to thegrammatical subjectIII. Elementary Principles of Composition8. Make the paragraph the unit of composition: one paragraph to each topic9. As a rule, begin each paragraph with a topic sentence; end it in conformity with the beginning10. Use the active voice11. Put statements in positive form12. Use definite, specific, concrete language13. Omit needless words14. Avoid a succession of loose sentences15. Express co-ordinate ideas in similar form16. Keep related words together17. In summaries, keep to one tense18. Place the emphatic words of a sentence at the endIV. A Few Matters of FormV. Words and Expressions Commonly MisusedVI. SpellingVII. Exercises on Chapters II and IIIRecommended ResourcesWe hope you'll enjoy the contents of this app. Please leave a rating and review to let us know how it went for you.

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