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1、WilliamStrunk,Jr.(1869–1946).TheElementsofStyle.1918.TheElementsofStylebyWilliamStrunk,Jr.ProfessorofEnglishCornellUniversityPrivatelyPrintedIthaca,NewYork1918Copyright1918ByWilliamStrunk,Jr.PressofW.P.Humphrey,Geneva,N.Y.CONTENTSBibliographicRecordFrontmatterITHACA,N.Y.:W.P.HUMPHREY,1918NEWYORK
2、:BARTLEBY.COM,1999I.INTRODUCTORYII.ELEMENTARYRULESOFUSAGE1.Formthepossessivesingularofnounswith's2.Inaseriesofthreeormoretermswithasingleconjunction,useacommaaftereachtermexceptthelast3.Encloseparentheticexpressionsbetweencommas4.Placeacommabeforeandorbutintroducinganindependentclause5.Donotjoin
3、independentclausesbyacomma6.Donotbreaksentencesintwo7.Aparticipialphraseatthebeginningofasentencemustrefertothegrammaticalsubject8.Dividewordsatline-ends,inaccordancewiththeirformationandpronunciationIII.ELEMENTARYPRINCIPLESOFCOMPOSITION9.Maketheparagraphtheunitofcomposition:oneparagraphtoeachto
4、pic10.Asarule,begineachparagraphwithatopicsentence;enditinconformitywiththebeginning11.Usetheactivevoice12.Putstatementsinpositiveform13.Omitneedlesswords14.Avoidasuccessionofloosesentences15.Expressco-ordinateideasinsimilarform16.Keeprelatedwordstogether17.Insummaries,keeptoonetense18.Placethee
5、mphaticwordsofasentenceattheendIV.AFEWMATTERSOFFORMV.WORDSANDEXPRESSIONSCOMMONLYMISUSEDVI.WORDSCOMMONLYMISSPELLEDWilliamStrunk,Jr.(1869–1946).TheElementsofStyle.1918.I.INTRODUCTORYThisbookisintendedforuseinEnglishcoursesinwhichthepracticeofcompositioniscombinedwiththestudyofliterature.Itaimstogi
6、veinbriefspacetheprincipalrequirementsofplainEnglishstyle.Itaimstolightenthetaskofinstructorandstudentbyconcentratingattention(inChaptersIIandIII)onafewessentials,therulesofusageandprinciplesofcompositionmostcommonlyviolated.Thenumbersofthesectionsmaybeusedasreferencesincorrectingmanuscript.Theb
7、ookcoversonlyasmallportionofthefieldofEnglishstyle,buttheexperienceofitswriterhasbeenthatoncepasttheessentials,studentsprofitmostbyindividualinstructionbasedontheproblemsoftheirownwork,andthateachinstructorhashisownbodyofthe