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The Elements of Style
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The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. is a carefully prepared Bookjack digital edition of classic literary fiction. The book is presented for clear ebook reading, with metadata and structure designed for discoverability in a modern digital catalogue. Readers will find a work shaped by character, setting, conflict, style, and the lasting pleasures of storytelling, making it a useful addition for anyone exploring William Strunk Jr.'s writing or building a library of enduring books.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Publication
- Table of Contents
- 1. Introductory
- 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.
- 1. Make the paragraph the unit of composition: one paragraph to each topic.
- 2. As a rule, begin each paragraph with a topic sentence; end it in conformity with the beginning.
- 3. Use the active voice
- 4. Put statements in positive form
- 5. Omit needless words
- 6. Avoid a succession of loose sentences
- 7. Express co-ordinate ideas in similar form.
- 8. Keep related words together
- 9. In summaries, keep to one tense
- 10. Place the emphatic words of a sentence at the end.
- 4. A Few Matters of Form
- 5. Words and Expressions Commonly Misused
- 6. The End
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