The Elements of Style, Fourth EditionWilliam Strunk, Jr.

The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition

by William Strunk, Jr. · first published 1959

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  • gz09 · Apr 9, 2026 · Recommends

    …McConnell. - Adhere to rules in "The Art of Readable Code" by Dustin Boswell & Trevor Foucher. - Adhere to rules in "Bugs in Writing: A Guide to Debugging Your Prose" by Lyn Dupre. - Adhere to rules in "The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition" by William Strunk Jr. & E. B. White e.g., mentioning Elements of Style and Bugs in Writing certainly has helped our review LLM to make some great suggestions about English documentation PRs in the past.

    on “Clean code in the age of coding agents” ↗
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    …Writing & Speaking - On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction https://a.co/d/3Sb7vG4 - Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds https://a.co/d/gd0LJuU - The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition https://a.co/d/bFYFQyo // Sales - Founding Sales: The Early Stage Go-to-Market Handbook https://a.co/d/gM1yZt7 - The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation https://a.co/d/1FPKfmy…

    on “Ask HN: What is your new year's resolution?” ↗
  • palmotea · Apr 9, 2026 · Mentions

    > - Adhere to rules in "The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition" by William Strunk Jr. & E. B. White The third edition was the last one by E. B. White. The fourth edition was revised by some anonymous person.

    on “Clean code in the age of coding agents” ↗

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