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A listing of the number of words in famous novels is available (50,000 is roughly an average, though a few are 9-10 times as long),<ref>http://commonplacebook.com/art/books/word-count-for-famous-novels/</ref> as is the word count of famous short stories.<ref>http://commonplacebook.com/writing/word-counts-of-famous-short-stories/</ref>
A listing of the number of words in famous novels is available (50,000 is roughly an average, though a few are 9-10 times as long),<ref>http://commonplacebook.com/art/books/word-count-for-famous-novels/</ref> as is the word count of famous short stories.<ref>http://commonplacebook.com/writing/word-counts-of-famous-short-stories/</ref>
== Books on writing, grammar and usage ==
*The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition by William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White
*On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Zinsser
*The New Oxford Guide to Writing by Thomas S. Kane
*Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace by Joseph M. Williams and Gregory G. Colomb
*An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style: Dreyer's English by Benjamin Dreyer
*Garner's Modern English Usage 4th Edition, by Bryan Garner, 2016
*Spunk & Bite: A Writer's Guide to Punchier, More Engaging Language & Style by Arthur Plotnik
*Grammar for a Full Life: How the Ways We Shape a Sentence Can Limit or Enlarge Us by Lawrence Weinstein
== References ==
== References ==
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