William Strunk Jr

The Elements of Style

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is the book that generations of writers have relied upon for timeless advice on grammar, diction, syntax, and other essentials. In concise terms, it identifies the principal requirements of proper style and common errors.

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Produktdetails

• Dover Language Guides
• Verlag: Dover Publications Inc.
• Original edition
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Mai 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 166mm x 139mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 88g
• ISBN-13: 9780486447988
• ISBN-10: 0486447987
• Artikelnr.: 21710733

Inhaltsangabe

I. Introduction II. 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 commans 4. Place a comma before a
conjunction introducing a coordinate clause 5. Do not join independent
clauses by a comma 6. Do not break sentences in two 7. A participial phrase
at the beginning of a sentence must refer to the grammatical subject III.
Elementary Principles of Composition 8. Make the paragraph the unit of
composition: one paragraph to each topic 9. As a rule, begin each paragraph
with a topic sentence; end it in conformity with the beginning 10. Use the
active voice 11. Put statements in positive form 12. Use definite,
specific, concrete language 13. Omit needless words 14. Avoid a succession
of loose sentences 15. Express co-ordinate ideas in similar form 16. Keep
related words together 17. In summaries, keep to one tense 18. Place the
emphatic words of a sentence at the end IV. A Few Matters of Form V. Words
and Expressions Commonly Misused VI. Spelling VII. Exercises on Chapters II
and III