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1、TheElementsofStylebyWilliamStrunk,Jr.ProfessorofEnglishCornellUniversityPrivatelyPrintedIthaca,NewYork1918Copyright1918ByWilliamStrunk,Jr.PressofW.P.Humphrey,Geneva,N.Y.ContentsI.IntroductoryII.ElementaryRulesofUsage1.Formthepossessivesingularofnounswith's2.Inaseriesofthreeormoretermswithasi

2、ngleconjunction,useacommaaftereachtermexceptthelast3.Encloseparentheticexpressionsbetweencommas4.Placeacommabeforeandorbutintroducinganindependentclause5.Donotjoinindependentclausesbyacomma6.Donotbreaksentencesintwo7.Aparticipialphraseatthebeginningofasentencemustrefertothegrammaticalsubject

3、8.Dividewordsatline-ends,inaccordancewiththeirformationandpronunciationIII.ElementaryPrinciplesofComposition9.Maketheparagraphtheunitofcomposition:oneparagraphtoeachtopic10.Asarule,begineachparagraphwithatopicsentence;enditinconformitywiththebeginning11.Usetheactivevoice12.Putstatementsinpos

4、itiveform13.Omitneedlesswords14.Avoidasuccessionofloosesentences15.Expressco-ordinateideasinsimilarform16.Keeprelatedwordstogether17.Insummaries,keeptoonetense18.PlacetheemphaticwordsofasentenceattheendIV.AFewMattersofFormV.WordsandExpressionsCommonlyMisuedVI.WordsCommonlyMisspelledTheElemen

5、tsofStyleI.IntroductoryThisbookisintendedforuseinEnglishcoursesinwhichthepracticeofcompositioniscombinedwiththestudyofliterature.ItaimstogiveinbriefspacetheprincipalrequirementsofplainEnglishstyle.Itaimstolightenthetaskofinstructorandstudentbyconcentratingattention(inChaptersIIandIII)onafewe

6、ssentials,therulesofusageandprinciplesofcompositionmostcommonlyviolated.Thenumbersofthesectionsmaybeusedasreferencesincorrectingmanuscript.ThebookcoversonlyasmallportionofthefieldofEnglishstyle,buttheexperienceofitswriterhasbeenthatoncepasttheessentials,studentsprofitmostbyindividualinstruct

7、ionbasedontheproblemsoftheirownwork,andthateachinstructorhashisownbodyoftheory,whichhepreferstothatofferedbyanytextbook.Thewriter'scolleaguesintheDepartmentofEnglishinCornellUniversityhavegreatlyhelpedhiminthepreparationofhismanuscript.Mr.GeorgeMcL