Elements of StyleSimon and Schuster, 10.12.2012 - 44 Seiten The Elements of Style (1918), by William Strunk, Jr., and E.B. White, is an American English writing style guide. It is the best-known, most influential prescriptive treatment of English grammar and usage, and often is required reading and usage in U.S. high school and university composition classes. This edition of The Elements of Style details eight elementary rules of usage, ten elementary principles of composition, "a few matters of form," and a list of commonly misused words and expressions. |
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clause | |
Do not join independent clauses by a comma | |
Do not break sentences in | |
A participial phrase at the beginning of a sentence must refer to the grammatical subject 8 Divide words at lineends in accordance with their formation | |
one paragraph to each topic | |
As a rule begin each paragraph with a topic sentence end it in conformity with the beginning | |
Omit needless words | |
Avoid a succession of loose sentences 15 Express coordinate ideas in similar form | |
Keep related words together | |
In summaries keep to one tense | |
Place the emphatic words of a sentence at the | |
A Few Matters of Form | |
Words and Expressions Commonly Misused | |
Spelling | |
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95 degrees action active voice adverb antecedent avoid beginning Benjamin Harrison Bessemer converter better capitalized initials chance of escape colloquial composition conception of history concise concrete conjunction construction correct definite emphatic enclosed in quotation English examples export George McLane Wood grandson of William group of words Harper's Magazine independent clauses indicate king of Scotland less longer be reconstructed loose sentences Lyrical Ballads misused narrative nearly half past Nether Stowey omitted paragraph parenthesis parenthetic expressions participle past tense periodic sentence phrase poem possessive preceded principle pronoun punctuation quotation marks quoted under Rule reader relation relative clause romances are entertaining Rule 13 semicolon sense Sherman Act similar expression single situation is perilous Spain Split Infinitive statement Stevenson's romances story student body substitute Suggestions to Authors summary temperature reaches 90 thought topic sentence town before dark usage usually verb verbal noun violation walking tour William Henry Harrison writer