The entire 1918 edition — online, searchable, and beautifully laid out. This impeccably-written English usage book is as much fun to read for its lively tone and witty examples as it is for its timeless advice. Strunk approached grammar not as a rigid rule set to be followed, but as a craft to be mastered and enjoyed. It's no accident that "Strunk & White" (as the reference is now known) is still read, essentially unchanged, in classrooms and newsrooms to this day.

Omit needless words.

Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his subjects only in outline, but that every word tell.

(The Elements of Style. III. 13.)

Very handy! Thanks, Kore7

Rawr! This brings back memories of freshman college.. We were asked to read the book then come up with papers on three short stories. With all the rules in stuck in my head, I couldn't start writing until two hours before the deadline.

I have this book. It's very useful for reminding oneself of all the little grammar things one forgets about.

Good clip.

The entire 1918 edition — online, searchable, and beautifully laid out.

Super!

Good grammar is essential. Essential.