William Strunk, Jr.
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Style guide...their style on the Associated Press Stylebook. A classic style guide for the general public is The Elements of Style, by William Strunk, Jr. and E.B. White. Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right, by... In this article: Kate L. Turabian, Political science, William Strunk, Jr., The Chicago Manual of Style, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Corporate identity, and Modern Language Association of America |
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Wikipedia | November 02, 2009
William Strunk, Jr.
William Strunk Jr. (July 1, 1869, Cincinnati, Ohio - September 26, 1946, Poughkeepsie, New York) was Professor of English at Cornell University and is best known as the author of the first editions of The Elements of Style, a best-selling...
In this article: Cornell University, The Elements of Style, University of Cincinnati, The New Yorker, E. B. White, John Dryden, William Shakespeare, and James Fenimore Cooper
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The Elements of Style
...ISBN 0-205-30902-X The Elements of Style: A Style Guide for Writers (2005), by William Strunk, ISBN 0-97522-980-X The Elements of Style Illustrated (2005), by William Strunk Jr., E.B. White and Maira Kalman (Illustrator), ISBN 1-59420-069-6
In this article: The Elements of Style, E. B. White, Geoffrey Pullum, 17th, Linguistics, Edinburgh University, and Language Log
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washingtonpost.com | October 23, 2009
Free for All Roundup of Short Critiques of The Post
...may come to be seen as the filmmakers' "ur-text" ["Kvetcher in the Wry," Style, Oct. 9]. Regarding amuse-bouche, as William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White say in their classic, "The Elements of Style, "Some writers, from sheer exuberance or a...
In this article: Anglicans, Delaware, Catholic Church, Vatican, Mike Castle, A Serious Man, and Beau Biden
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John Kelly's Washington
...who most strongly supported it. Why all the confusion? Jeff Rubin: The serial comma has been around for many years. William Strunk Jr. included it in The Elements of Style, his widely read stylebook, first published in 1918. The...
In this article: John Kelly, Washington, DC, Eats, Shoots and Leaves, Lynne Truss, Cookie, United States, E mail, and Tax
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New York Times | April 22, 2009
'The Elements of Style' Turns 50
...second-guessing him? (Is "second-guessing" hyphenated or not? Is posing a question the same as using the passive voice?) William Strunk Jr. wrote and self-published the famous "Little Book" as a professor of English. White, his student at...
In this article: The Elements of Style, E. B. White, E mail, Geoffrey K. Pullum, University of Edinburgh, The New Yorker, and Cornell
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National Public Radio | April 16, 2009
A Half-Century Of Stupid Grammar Advice
...early success. Placing an order for more copies, it ends with the words "Whole campus gone wild." White wrote of William Strunk Jr., his former professor, "He was a memorable man, friendly and funny." Division of Rare and Manuscript...
In this article: E.B. White, The Elements of Style, NPR, Cornell University, Macmillan, and Dictum
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washingtonpost.com | April 16, 2009
Four Books to Celebrate 50th Anniversary of 'The Elements of Style'
Today is the golden anniversary of William Strunk and E.B. White's "The Elements of Style." With 10 million copies in print, it's (its?) far and away (cliche!) the most popular book on writing ever published. "Do not overstate.") To...
In this article: Stephen King, On Writing, William Strunk, E.B. White, Anne Lamott, and Pearson Longman
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USATODAY.com Books - Top Stories | April 15, 2009
'The Elements of Style': Still fashionable after 50 years
...brevity takes on new meaning - the most popular guide to writing clearly and concisely remains The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White. To mark its 50th anniversary today, USA TODAY compiles facts about the "little...
In this article: The Elements of Style, USA Today, The New Yorker, Cornell University, E. B. White, Charlotte's Web, Twitter, Romeo and Juliet, and Leslie Howard
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LISNews - Librarian And Information Science News | April 13, 2009
Fiftieth Anniversary of 'The Elements of Style'
...by adding that the authors of this chestnut, Strunk and White, "won't be hurt by these critical remarks. They are long dead." William Strunk was a professor of English at Cornell about a hundred years ago, and E.B. White, later the...
In this article: William Strunk, Geoffrey K. Pullum, E.B. White, E mail, American college, and Cornell
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A 'Little Book' Bursting With The Write Ideas
..."Rockville, Maryland," we must suffer with "Rockville, Md."; and poor "William Strunk, Jr.," must sacrifice his comma and become "William Strunk Jr." I have been a Strunkaholic for almost as long as I have been a journalist, though no doubt...
In this article: William Strunk Jr, Cornell, Ernest Gowers, Roger Angell, The Elements of Style, E mail, Daily Tar Heel, Saint Peter, and A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
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William Strunk, Jr. (July 1, 1869, Cincinnati, Ohio – September 26, 1946, Ithaca, New York) was Professor of English at Cornell University and is best known as the author of the first editions of The Elements of Style, a best-selling guide to English usage. This book, printed as a private edition in 1918 for the use of his students, became a classic on the local campus, known as "the little book", and its successive editions have since sold over ten million copies.
In his first edition, Strunk describes the book as follows: "It aims to lighten the task of instructor and student by concentrating attention ... on a few essentials, the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated." This original was revised in 1935 by Strunk and Edward A. Tenney and published under the title The Elements and Practice of Composition. After Strunk's death, it was again revised by E. B. White, an editor at The New Yorker who had been one of Strunk's students. This 1959 edition of The Elements of Style (often referred to as simply Strunk & White) became a companion to millions of American writers and college freshmen.
Strunk earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Cincinnati in 1890, and Ph.D. at Cornell University in 1896. While he taught English at Cornell for forty-six years, the only other book Strunk wrote was English Metres (published locally in 1922). Better known as an editor, Strunk edited important works by authors including William Shakespeare, John Dryden, and James Fenimore Cooper. He served as literary consultant to the 1936 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film version of Romeo and Juliet.
Strunk married Olivia Emilie Locke in 1900, and they had two sons and a daughter.
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