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The Elements of Style Summary & Review: Cut Until One Meaning Remains
The Elements of Style summary: Strunk and White’s little book on usage, composition, and cutting until one meaning remains.
Read Summary →William Strunk Jr.
"Omit every word that does no work."
William Strunk Jr. taught English at Cornell and printed a slim handbook for his students in 1918 so they would stop wasting a reader’s time. The Elements of Style is that classroom tool, later revised with E. B. White.
1 book featured·Cornell English·Key themes: usage, composition, omit needless words
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Key Ideas & Recurring Themes
Omit needless words
If a word does no work, take it out. The sentence should carry one meaning.
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"Omit needless words."— The Elements of Style
"Use definite, specific, concrete language."— The Elements of Style
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The Elements of Style Summary & Review: Cut Until One Meaning Remains
The Elements of Style summary: Strunk and White’s little book on usage, composition, and cutting until one meaning remains.