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THE
ELEMENTS OF STYLE

BY
WILLIAM STRUNK, Jr.

PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH
IN
CORNELL UNIVERSITY

NEW YORK
HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1918, 1919, BY
WILLIAM STRUNK, JR.

COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY
HARCOURT, BRACE AND HOWE, INC.