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The Elements of style
Strunk, William
Adult Nonfiction 808.042 S
Strunk, William
Adult Nonfiction 808.042 S
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| Contents | Page |
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| Foreword | p. ix |
| Introduction | p. xiii |
| I. - Elementary Rules of Usage | p. 1 |
| 1. - Form the possessive singular of nouns by adding 's | p. 1 |
| 2. - In a series of three or more terms with a single conjunction, use a comma after each term except the last | p. 2 |
| 3. - Enclose parenthetic expressions between commas | p. 2 |
| 4. - Place a comma before a conjunction introducing an independent clause | p. 5 |
| 5. - Do not join independent clauses with a comma | p. 5 |
| 6. - Do not break sentences in two | p. 7 |
| 7. - Use a colon after an independent clause to introduce a list of particulars, an appositive, an amplification, or an illustrative quotation | p. 7 |
| 8. - Use a dash to set off an abrupt break or interruption and to announce a long appositive or summary | p. 9 |
| 9. - The number of the subject determines the number of the verb | p. 9 |
| 10. - Use the proper case of pronoun | p. 11 |
| 11. - A participial phrase at the beginning of a sentence must refer to the grammatical subject | p. 13 |
| II. - Elementary Principles of Composition | p. 15 |
| 12. - Choose a suitable design and hold to it | p. 15 |
| 13. - Make the paragraph the unit of composition | p. 15 |
| 14. - Use the active voice | p. 18 |
| 15. - Put statements in positive form | p. 19 |
| 16. - Use definite, specific, concrete language | p. 21 |
| 17. - Omit needless words | p. 23 |
| 18. - Avoid a succession of loose sentences | p. 25 |
| 19. - Express coordinate ideas in similar form | p. 26 |
| 20. - Keep related words together | p. 28 |
| 21. - In summaries, keep to one tense | p. 31 |
| 22. - Place the emphatic words of a sentence at the end | p. 32 |
| III. - A Few Matters of Form | p. 34 |
| IV. - Words and Expressions Commonly Misused | p. 39 |
| V. - An Approach to Style (With a List of Reminders) | p. 66 |
| 1. - Place yourself in the background | p. 70 |
| 2. - Write in a way that comes naturally | p. 70 |
| 3. - Work from a suitable design | p. 70 |
| 4. - Write with nouns and verbs | p. 71 |
| 5. - Revise and rewrite | p. 72 |
| 6. - Do not overwrite | p. 72 |
| 7. - Do not overstate | p. 73 |
| 8. - Avoid the use of qualifiers | p. 73 |
| 9. - Do not affect a breezy manner | p. 73 |
| 10. - Use orthodox spelling | p. 74 |
| 11. - Do not explain too much | p. 75 |
| 12. - Do not construct awkward adverbs | p. 75 |
| 13. - Make sure the reader knows who is speaking | p. 76 |
| 14. - Avoid fancy words | p. 76 |
| 15. - Do not use dialect unless your ear is good | p. 78 |
| 16. - Be clear | p. 79 |
| 17. - Do not inject opinion | p. 79 |
| 18. - Use figures of speech sparingly | p. 80 |
| 19. - Do not take shortcuts at the cost of clarity | p. 80 |
| 20. - Avoid foreign languages | p. 81 |
| 21. - Prefer the standard to the offbeat | p. 81 |
| Afterword | p. 87 |
| Glossary | p. 89 |
| Index | p. 97 |
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