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1、WilliamStrunk,Jr.(1869–1946).TheElementsofStyle.1918.TheElementsofStylebyWilliamStrunk,Jr.ProfessorofEnglishCornellUniversityPrivatelyPrintedIthaca,NewYork1918Copyright1918ByWilliamStrunk,Jr.PressofW.P.Humphrey,Geneva,N.Y.CONTENTSBibliographicRecordFrontmatterITHACA,
2、N.Y.:W.P.HUMPHREY,1918NEWYORK:BARTLEBY.COM,1999I.INTRODUCTORYII.ELEMENTARYRULESOFUSAGE1.Formthepossessivesingularofnounswith's2.Inaseriesofthreeormoretermswithasingleconjunction,useacommaaftereachtermexceptthelast3.Encloseparentheticexpressionsbetweencommas4.Placeaco
3、mmabeforeandorbutintroducinganindependentclause5.Donotjoinindependentclausesbyacomma6.Donotbreaksentencesintwo7.Aparticipialphraseatthebeginningofasentencemustrefertothegrammaticalsubject8.Dividewordsatline-ends,inaccordancewiththeirformationandpronunciationIII.ELEME
4、NTARYPRINCIPLESOFCOMPOSITION9.Maketheparagraphtheunitofcomposition:oneparagraphtoeachtopic10.Asarule,begineachparagraphwithatopicsentence;enditinconformitywiththebeginning11.Usetheactivevoice12.Putstatementsinpositiveform13.Omitneedlesswords14.Avoidasuccessionofloose
5、sentences15.Expressco-ordinateideasinsimilarform16.Keeprelatedwordstogether17.Insummaries,keeptoonetense18.PlacetheemphaticwordsofasentenceattheendIV.AFEWMATTERSOFFORMV.WORDSANDEXPRESSIONSCOMMONLYMISUSEDVI.WORDSCOMMONLYMISSPELLEDWilliamStrunk,Jr.(1869–1946).TheElemen
6、tsofStyle.1918.I.INTRODUCTORYThisbookisintendedforuseinEnglishcoursesinwhichthepracticeofcompositioniscombinedwiththestudyofliterature.ItaimstogiveinbriefspacetheprincipalrequirementsofplainEnglishstyle.Itaimstolightenthetaskofinstructorandstudentbyconcentratingatten
7、tion(inChaptersIIandIII)onafewessentials,therulesofusageandprinciplesofcompositionmostcommonlyviolated.Thenumbersofthesectionsmaybeusedasreferencesincorrectingmanuscript.ThebookcoversonlyasmallportionofthefieldofEnglishstyle,buttheexperienceofitswriterhasbeenthatonce
8、pasttheessentials,studentsprofitmostbyindividualinstructionbasedontheproblemsoftheirownwork,andthateachinstructorhashisownbodyofthe
