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William Strunk Jr.. THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE
THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE
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Table of Contents
I. Introductory
II. Elementary Rules of Usage
1. Form the possessive singular of nouns with '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 and or but introducing an independent 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
8. Divide words at line-ends, in accordance with their formation and pronunciation
III. Elementary Principles of Composition
9. Make the paragraph the unit of composition: one paragraph to each topic
10. As a rule, begin each paragraph with a topic sentence; end it in conformity with the beginning
11. Use the active voice
12. Put statements in positive form
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
IV. A Few Matters of Form
Headings
Numerals
Parentheses
Quotations
References
Titles
V. Words and Expressions Commonly Misused
All right
As good or better
As to whether
Bid
Case
Certainly
Character
Claim, vb
Compare
Clever
Consider
Dependable
Due to
Effect
Etc
Fact
Factor
Feature
Fix
He is a man who
However
Kind of
Less
Line, along these lines
Literal, literally
Lose out
Most
Nature
Near by
Oftentimes, ofttimes
One hundred and one
One of the most
People
Phase
Possess
Respective, respectively
So
Sort of
State
Student body
System
Thanking you in advance
They
Very
Viewpoint
While
Whom
Worth while
Would
VI. Words Commonly Misspelled
