If students would read and apply the lessons found in Elements of Style, we English teachers would be out of a job.  Written in 1918 by Cornell University professor William Strunk, Jr., this tiny volume provides concise solutions for common language errors.

Do you ever wonder how to use apostrophes?  It is the first lesson in the book.  Do you ever wonder when to put a comma before and?  The answer is there. Did you forget your high school teacher’s lesson on semi-colons?  Refresh yourself.

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