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The Elements of Style is a popular classic English book to help readers learn how to write English sentences with proper structure and right grammar usage. It detailed eight elementary rules of usage, ten elementary principles of composition, and "a few matters of form" as well as a list of commonly misused words and expressions. Rather than theory-based, this book gives good examples and exercises for readers' to have better understanding on the concepts. Besides that, this new 2022 edition also comes with exciting word search puzzle and cryptogram puzzle challenges for readers to strengthen the learning of proper English sentences. These are the list of 18 important topics on English writing inside The Elements of Style: 1. Form The Possessive Singular of Nouns By Adding ‘s 2. In A Series Of Three Or More Terms With A Single Conjunction, Use A Comma After Each Term Except The Last 3. Enclose Parenthetic Expressions Between Commas 4. Place A Comma Before A Conjunction Introducing A Coordinate Clause 5. Do Not Join Independent Clauses By A Comma 6. Do Not Break Sentences In Two 7. A Participial Phrase At The Beginning Of A Sentence Must Refer To The Grammatical Subject 8. Make The Paragraph The Unit Of Composition: One Paragraph To Each Topic 9. As A Rule, Begin Each Paragraph With A Topic Sentence; End It In Conformity With The Beginning 10. Use The Active Voice 11. Put Statements In Positive Form 12. Use Definite, Specific, Concrete Language 13. Omit Needless Words 14. Avoid A Succession Of Loose Sentences 15. Express Co-ordinate Ideas In Similar Form 16. Keep Related Words Together 17. In Summaries, Keep To One Tense 18. Place The Emphatic Words Of A Sentence At The End