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.
From my perspective, no book in shorter sapce, with fewer words, will help any writer more than this persistent little volume which the work remains a nonpareil: direct, correct, and delightful. Truth be told, i was a student that needed help in my punct...
评分这本书是The elements of style的翻译。之前很费力的看英文版,有些不懂。 从eco论坛找到这边书的时候非常高兴,更加高兴的发现这本书翻译得还很不错。 中英文结合着看总算能搞懂里面所要表达的东西。 可以学习英语的一些基本用法,修正一些日常低级错误。当然其中...
评分 评分http://blog.caing.com/article.php?itemid=9537&preview=888 The Elements of Style,风格的要素,非常小的一本书,几十页,是最有影响力的英文写作指南。我读的是2000年第四版,边读边记,摘记如下: 对与错 段落,不是句子,是文章组合的单元。段落首句要么点...
评分最近接受一个网站的采访。其中一个问题是,给你最大影响的书是什么? 我给出的答案是 strunk & white 「the elements of style」。 我是在高中的时候读到这本书的。多年后才知道这是一本经典之作。但当时只是在高中那个收藏并不丰富的图书馆里,想找本英文写作的书。我当时正...
又长见识了,难怪我雅思写作只得了6.。。。
评分Bible. // May not be useful for beginners though.
评分经典
评分短小精悍。适合踌躇满志的新手作家,不适合英文写作处于凑字数阶段的国人,don'ts太多了。
评分绝对参考书
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