Automatic style-checking with Strunk and White's rules

I read The Elements of Style by Strunk and White to get better at writing. The biggest section is on common misuses of words and expressions in English. I thought the section was valuable, but more than I'd be able to keep in my head while writing. To solve that problem, I made a script that analyzes some given text and then annotates each potential misuse with a link to Strunk's guidance.

In the box below, type or paste the text to style-check.

The text you entered above is reproduced below. Inserted after each potential misuse is an annotation pointing you to the relevant comment by Strunk.


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