The Elements of Style is an American English writing style guide. It is one of the most influential and best-known prescriptive treatments of English grammar and usage in the United States.

• Contents
• I. Introductory
• II. Elementary Rules of Usage
• 1. Form the possessive singular of nouns with 's.
• 2. In a series of three or more terms with a single conjunction, ...
• 3. Enclose parenthetic expressions between commas.
• 4. Place a comma before and or but introducing an independent clause.
• 5. Do not join independent clauses by a comma.
• 6. Do not break sentences in two.
• 7. A participial phrase at the beginning of a sentence must ...
• 8. Divide words at line-ends, in accordance with their formation and ...
• III. Elementary Principles of Composition
• 9. Make the paragraph the unit of composition: one paragraph to each topic.
• 10. As a rule, begin each paragraph with a topic sentence; ...
• 11. Use the active voice.
• 12. Put statements in positive form.
• 13. Omit needless words.
• 14. Avoid a succession of loose sentences.
• 15. Express co-ordinate ideas in similar form.
• 16. Keep related words together.
• 17. In summaries, keep to one tense.
• 18. Place the emphatic words of a sentence at the end.
• IV. A Few Matters of Form
• V. Words and Expressions Commonly Misused Part 1
• V. Words and Expressions Commonly Misused Part 2
• V. Words and Expressions Commonly Misused Part 3
• VI. Words Commonly Misspelled
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