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ELEMENTS OF STYLE.
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- ISBN: 0-205-63264-5
- Physical Description: 105
- Edition: 15TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
- Publisher: NY : PEARSON/LONGMAN, 2009.
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| FOREWORD. | ||
| INTRODUCTION. | ||
| I. ELEMENTARY RULES OF USAGE. | ||
| 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 an Independent Clause. | ||
| 5. Do Not Join Independent Clauses with a Comma. | ||
| 6. Do Not Break Sentences in Two. | ||
| 7. Use a Colon after an Independent Clause to Introduce a List of Particulars, an Appositive, an Amplification, or an Illustrative Question. | ||
| 8. Use a Dash to Set Off an Abrupt Break or Interruption and to Announce a Long Appositive or Summary. | ||
| 9. The Number of the Subject Determines the Number of the Verb. | ||
| 10. Use the Proper Case of Pronoun. | ||
| 11. A Participial Phrase at the Beginning of the Sentence Must Refer to the Grammatical Subject. | ||
| II. ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF COMPOSITION. | ||
| 12. Choose a Suitable Design and Hold to It. | ||
| 13. Make the Paragraph the unit of Composition. | ||
| 14. Use the Active Voice. | ||
| 15. Put Statements in Positive Form. | ||
| 16. Use Definite, Specific, Concrete Language. | ||
| 17. Omit Needless Words. | ||
| 18. Avoid a Succession of Loose Sentences. | ||
| 19. Express Coordinate Ideas in Similar Form. | ||
| 20. Keep Related Words Together. | ||
| 21. In Summaries, Keep to One Tense. | ||
| 22. Place the Emphatic Words of a Sentence at the End. | ||
| III. A FEW MATTERS OF FORM. | ||
| IV. WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS COMMONLY MISUSED. | ||
| V. AN APPROACH TO STYLE (WITH A LIST OF REMINDERS). | ||
| 1. Place Yourself in the Background. | ||
| 2. Write in a Way That Comes Naturally. | ||
| 3. Work From a Suitable Style. | ||
| 4. Write with Nouns and Verbs. | ||
| 5. Revise and Rewrite. | ||
| 6. Do Not Overwrite. | ||
| 7. Do Not Overstate. | ||
| 8. Avoid the Use of Qualifiers. | ||
| 9. Do Not Affect a Breezy Manner. | ||
| 10. Use Orthodox Spelling. | ||
| 11. Do Not Explain Too Much. | ||
| 12. Do Not Construct Awkward Adverbs. | ||
| 13. Make Sure the Reader Knows Who is Speaking. | ||
| 14. Avoid Fancy Words. | ||
| 15. Do Not Use Dialect Unless Your Ear Is Good. | ||
| 16. Be Clear. | ||
| 17. Do Not Inject Opinion. | ||
| 18. Use Figures of Speech Sparingly. | ||
| 19. Do Not Take Shortcuts at the Cost of Clarity. | ||
| 20. Avoid Foreign Languages. | ||
| 21. Prefer the Standard to the Offbeat. Afterword. Glossary. |