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Ode to “The Elements of Style”

Posted by: Samantha Enslen, president and senior editor, September 8th, 2008

Jonathan Yardley of the Washington Post reflects on a half-century with Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style.

Good reading for anyone who cherishes this volume — not necessarily as a style guide — but as an embodiment of concise writing.

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