The Elements of Style
by William Strunk
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About this eBook
- Author
- Strunk, William, 1869-1946
- Credits
- Produced by Jana Srna and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PE: Language and Literatures: English
- Subject
- Report writing
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 37134
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37134
- Release Date
- August 18, 2011
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE
- 2.CONTENTS
- 3.I. INTRODUCTORY
- 4.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 commas. — 4. Place a comma before a conjunction introducing a co-ordinate 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.
- 5.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.
- 6.IV. A FEW MATTERS OF FORM
- 7.V. WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS COMMONLY MISUSED
- 8.VI. SPELLING — WORDS OFTEN MISSPELLED
- 9.VII. EXERCISES ON CHAPTERS II AND III — I. Punctuate: — II. Explain the difference in meaning: — III. Explain and correct the errors in punctuation: — IV. Point out and correct the faults in the following sentences:
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