This book is intended for use in English courses in which the practice of composition is combined with the study of literature. It aims to give in brief space the principal requirements of plain English style. It aims to lighten the task of instructor and student by concentrating attention (in Chapters II and III) on a few essentials, the rules of usage and principles of compos...
This book is intended for use in English courses in which the practice of composition is combined with the study of literature. It aims to give in brief space the principal requirements of plain English style. It aims to lighten the task of instructor and student by concentrating attention (in Chapters II and III) on a few essentials, the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated. The numbers of the sections may be used as references in correcting manuscript.
The book covers only a small portion of the field of English style, but the experience of its writer has been that once past the essentials, students profit most by individual instruction based on the problems of their own work, and that each instructor has his own body of theory, which he prefers to that offered by any textbook.
The writer's colleagues in the Department of English in Cornell University have greatly helped him in the preparation of his manuscript. Mr. George McLane Wood has kindly consented to the inclusion under Rule 11 of some material from his Suggestions to Authors.
The following books are recommended for reference or further study: in connection with Chapters II and IV, F. Howard Collins, Author and Printer (Henry Frowde); Chicago University Press, Manual of Style; T. L. De Vinne Correct Composition (The Century Company); Horace Hart, Rules for Compositors and Printers (Oxford University Press); George McLane Wood, Extracts from the Style-Book of the Government Printing Office (United States Geological Survey); in connection with Chapters III and V, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, The Art of Writing (Putnams), especially the chapter, Interlude on Jargon; George McLane Wood, Suggestions to Authors (United States Geological Survey); John Leslie Hall, English Usage (Scott, Foresman and Co.); James P. Kelly, Workmanship in Words (Little, Brown and Co.).
It is an old observation that the best writers sometimes disregard the rules of rhetoric. When they do so, however, the reader will usually find in the sentence some compensating merit, attained at the cost of the violation. Unless he is certain of doing as well, he will probably do best to follow the rules. After he has learned, by their guidance, to write plain English adequate for everyday uses, let him look, for the secrets of style, to the study of the masters of literature.
规则十四：使用主动语态：使得文章显得生动有力。
eg.There were a great number of dead lives lying on the ground
应为：Dead leaves covered the ground.
规则十五：话要从正面说，避免使用沉闷单调，吞吞吐吐，含糊暧昧的语言。
例如：他认为学习拉丁语不是一种明智的利用时间的方法。
应为：他认为学习拉丁语浪费时间。
规则十六：使用肯定、明确、具体的词语
说话务必明确、肯定、具体，切忌笼统、含糊、抽象。
例如：一段不佳的天气开始了。
应为：一星期来天天下雨。
例如：他获得应有的报酬之后很满意。
应为：他一面把钱装入口袋一面咧着嘴笑。
研究过写作技巧的人都同意：唤起并吸引读者注意力最可靠的办法是说话明
确、肯定而具体。那些最伟大的作家--但丁、荷马、莎士比亚--之所以成功，是
因为他们描述了至关重要的详情与细节，真是诗中有画。
规则十七：省略不必要的词
规则二十：把相关的词放在一起
提示一：不要有意显露自己
提示二：文章要写的自然
提示三：写文章要有适当的构思
提示四：多用名词与动词
提示七：不要过甚其实
提示八：避免使用修饰语
提示十一：不要解释的太多
提示十七：不要妄加评论
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0 有用 葛羅麗雅 2014-01-17 11:52:41
Bible. // May not be useful for beginners though.
0 有用 雁飞 2014-08-05 15:11:55
读的应该是1950年版的，电子版，只有50多页
0 有用 豆友44278930 2014-05-31 10:01:59
又长见识了，难怪我雅思写作只得了6.。。。
0 有用 Youngerer 2009-11-16 07:22:48
“Forceful!” 经久不衰的实用好书！
0 有用 Ricey 2018-07-30 09:12:15
141229想读。Mar 2015 got from the book thing at Baltimore. 180729读过。而the book thing已经烧毁。时过境迁。good things don't last forever. but at least there's hope.
0 有用 人类群星闪耀时 2020-07-13 17:19:03
99年上译版。待重读。
0 有用 TimSay 2020-01-03 10:06:14
2011年在读大学 上writing课的时候读过，不过那时候没有吸收进去。准备重新阅读一遍～
0 有用 夜紫苒 2019-11-29 11:04:35
20191126-29 读完第一遍，但是深深感觉到：这是本为母语者写的书，因为他们已经建立了健全的语法体系和词汇量，才能去谈细节性的标点、大方向的风格。事实上，我的语法基础和词汇量仍还不够大，有点跟不上作者们的脚步。 DP3，2d.
0 有用 NGrhaz 2018-11-14 22:03:30
大佬带我
0 有用 Ricey 2018-07-30 09:12:15
141229想读。Mar 2015 got from the book thing at Baltimore. 180729读过。而the book thing已经烧毁。时过境迁。good things don't last forever. but at least there's hope.