The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition

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  口口口算了:@ (不傲不隐不瞽)

  这个不错： 不要太自大的夹入自己个人感情色彩： 假如你收到邀请给猫医院剪彩但是你很讨厌猫，其实你只要拒绝邀请就好了，你可以表明自己不喜欢猫，但是没有必要诋毁猫，因为这个不过是你的个人意见而已。 前后几段关于egotism的说法，对我很有帮助。 (更多)

  这个不错：

  不要太自大的夹入自己个人感情色彩：

  假如你收到邀请给猫医院剪彩但是你很讨厌猫，其实你只要拒绝邀请就好了，你可以表明自己不喜欢猫，但是没有必要诋毁猫，因为这个不过是你的个人意见而已。

  前后几段关于egotism的说法，对我很有帮助。 (收起)

  2011-11-12 07:03:29   回应

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  Chapter V WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS COMMONLY MISUSED

  Linsey涤生~ (Round 2.)

  Compare. To compare to is to point out or imply resemblances, between objects regarded as essentially of different order; to compare with is mainly to point out differences, between objects regarded as essentially of the same order. Consider. Not followed by as when it means, “believe to be.” Etc. Not to be used of persons. However. In the meaning nevertheless, not to come first in... (更多)

  Compare. To compare to is to point out or imply resemblances, between objects regarded as essentially of different order; to compare with is mainly to point out differences, between objects regarded as essentially of the same order.

  Consider. Not followed by as when it means, “believe to be.”

  Etc. Not to be used of persons.

  However. In the meaning nevertheless, not to come first in its sentence or clause.

  When however comes first, it means in whatever way or to whatever extent.

  Less. Less refers to quantity, fewer to number

  State. Not to be used as a mere substitute for say, remark. Restrict it to the sense of

  express fully or clearly, as, “He refused to state his objections.”

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  Chapter IV A FEW MATTERS OF FORM

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  Quotations of an entire line, or more, of verse, are begun on a fresh line and centred, but not enclosed in quotation marks Omit the words act, scene, line, book, volume, page, except when referring by only one of them. (更多)

  Quotations of an entire line, or more, of verse, are begun on a fresh line and centred, but not enclosed in quotation marks

  Omit the words act, scene, line, book, volume, page, except when referring by only one of them.

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  JunJunGuo (我是新晋赌徒)

  Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecess ary parts . Thi s requires not that the writer make all sentences short or avoid all detail and treat subjects only in outline, but that every word tell. (更多)

  Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecess ary parts . Thi s requires not that the writer make all sentences short or avoid all detail and treat subjects only in outline, but that every word tell.

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  坏人C

  (1) Abbreviations are "parenthetic and should be punctuated accordingly". (2) "... never omit one comma and leave the other ..." 所以在行文中如果 etc./i.e./e.g./et al.之前用了逗号，那么他们之后也要用。否则前后都不放逗号。这条适用于缩写，也适用于人名后的头衔，比如PhD.，Jr.等等。比如: Sheldon Cooper, PhD., has no practical capability of operating vehicles. (PhD. 前后各有.. (更多)

  (1) Abbreviations are "parenthetic and should be punctuated accordingly".

  (2) "... never omit one comma and leave the other ..."

  所以在行文中如果 etc./i.e./e.g./et al.之前用了逗号，那么他们之后也要用。否则前后都不放逗号。这条适用于缩写，也适用于人名后的头衔，比如PhD.，Jr.等等。比如:

  Sheldon Cooper, PhD., has no practical capability of operating vehicles.

  (PhD. 前后各有一个逗号.)

  当然他们如果在句末那显然后面不放逗号。问这个的人你傻呀。

  顺便记一下另一个防止犯傻的点。缩写处在句末的时候，缩写本身的句点和句子的句点合并，所以只写一个，不写两个，写两个你就二了。这条不出自<The Element of Style>，出自： http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/28517/ending-a-sentence-with-an-abbreviation

  两个逗号来包裹“parenthetic expression”这件事不是必须的，而是视语气是否需要停顿而定的。但是（2）这一点很重要：要么放两个，要么一个都不放。比如：

  One of The Twins, A Jiao, once had a dirty affair with an A-list photographer.

  (A Jiao前后都需要逗号。) (收起)

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  Linsey涤生~ (Round 2.)

  Chapter 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（这个我最近才意识到！！） In the names of business firms the last comma is omitted 3. Enclose parenthetic expressions between commas Restrictive relative clauses are not set of... (更多)

  Chapter 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（这个我最近才意识到！！）

  In the names of business firms the last comma is omitted

  3. Enclose parenthetic expressions between commas

  Restrictive relative clauses are not set off by commas

  If a parenthetic expression is preceded by a conjunction, place the first comma before

  the conjunction, not after it.

  4. Place a comma before and or but introducing an independent clause

  Further, and, is the least specific of connectives.

  5. Do not join independent clauses by a comma

  If a conjunction is inserted, the proper mark is a comma (Rule 4).

  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

  A. Divide the word according to its formation

  B. Divide “on the vowel

  C. Divide between double letters, unless they come at the end of the simple form of the word

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  Chapter V WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS COMMONLY MISUSED

  Linsey涤生~ (Round 2.)

  Compare. To compare to is to point out or imply resemblances, between objects regarded as essentially of different order; to compare with is mainly to point out differences, between objects regarded as essentially of the same order. Consider. Not followed by as when it means, “believe to be.” Etc. Not to be used of persons. However. In the meaning nevertheless, not to come first in... (更多)

  Compare. To compare to is to point out or imply resemblances, between objects regarded as essentially of different order; to compare with is mainly to point out differences, between objects regarded as essentially of the same order.

  Consider. Not followed by as when it means, “believe to be.”

  Etc. Not to be used of persons.

  However. In the meaning nevertheless, not to come first in its sentence or clause.

  When however comes first, it means in whatever way or to whatever extent.

  Less. Less refers to quantity, fewer to number

  State. Not to be used as a mere substitute for say, remark. Restrict it to the sense of

  express fully or clearly, as, “He refused to state his objections.”

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  Chapter IV A FEW MATTERS OF FORM

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  Quotations of an entire line, or more, of verse, are begun on a fresh line and centred, but not enclosed in quotation marks Omit the words act, scene, line, book, volume, page, except when referring by only one of them. (更多)

  Quotations of an entire line, or more, of verse, are begun on a fresh line and centred, but not enclosed in quotation marks

  Omit the words act, scene, line, book, volume, page, except when referring by only one of them.

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  Chapter III ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF COMPOSITION

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  9. Make the paragraph the unit of composition: one paragraph to each topic A short notice of a book or poem might consist of a single paragraph. One slightly longer might consist of two paragraphs: A. Account of the work. B. Critical discussion. A report on a poem, written for a class in literature, might consist of seven paragraphs: A. Facts of composition and publication. B. Kind of p... (更多)

  9. Make the paragraph the unit of composition: one paragraph to each topic

  A short notice of a book or poem might consist of a single paragraph. One slightly longer

  might consist of two paragraphs:

  A. Account of the work.

  B. Critical discussion.

  A report on a poem, written for a class in literature, might consist of seven paragraphs:

  A. Facts of composition and publication.

  B. Kind of poem; metrical form.

  C. Subject.

  D. Treatment of subject.

  E. For what chiefly remarkable.

  F. Wherein characteristic of the writer.

  G. Relationship to other works

  A novel might be discussed under the heads:

  A. Setting.

  B. Plot.

  C. Characters.

  D. Purpose.

  A historical event might be discussed under the heads:

  A. What led up to the event.

  B. Account of the event.

  C. What the event led up to.

  10. As a rule, begin each paragraph with a topic sentence; end it in

  conformity with the beginning

  The most generally useful kind of paragraph, particularly in exposition and argument, is that in which

  A. the topic sentence comes at or near the beginning;

  B. the succeeding sentences explain or establish or develop the statement

  made in the topic sentence; and

  C. the final sentence either emphasizes the thought of the topic sentence or

  states some important consequence.

  11. Use the active voice

  The active voice is usually more direct and vigorous than the passive

  The need of making a particular word the subject of the sentence will often, as in these examples, determine which voice is to be used

  As a rule, avoid making one passive depend directly upon another

  12. Put statements in positive form

  Consciously or unconsciously, the reader is dissatisfied with being told only what is not; he wishes to be told what is.

  13. Omit needless words

  14. Avoid a succession of loose sentences

  15. Express co-ordinate ideas in similar form

  16. Keep related words together

  The relative pronoun should come, as a rule, immediately after its antecedent.

  17. In summaries, keep to one tense

  18. Place the emphatic words of a sentence at the end

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