Use Strunk's rules to draft or revise articles and other human-facing prose with clarity, precision, and concision.
William Strunk Jr.'s The Elements of Style (1918) teaches you to write clearly and cut ruthlessly.
The bundled elements-of-style.md is public-domain reference text derived from Strunk's 1918 edition and vendored from obra/the-elements-of-style.
Always load elements-of-style.md into memory when using this skill. Read it at the start of every prose-writing or prose-editing task and keep it in working context for the duration of that task.
Use this skill whenever you write prose for humans:
If you're writing sentences for a human to read, use this skill.
elements-of-style.md from this skill directory before drafting or editing.Alphabetical reference for usage questions
Writing for humans? Always load elements-of-style.md, keep it in memory, and apply the rules throughout the task.