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.
剑桥英语语法主编溥哲夫(Geoffrey Pullum) 痛骂Strunk和White的ELEMENTS OF STYLE. Pullum在句法理论领域的学术水平完全超越怀疑。看完之后,我觉得他的批评很有道理。小白书的两位主编确实是不太懂英语语法的小白,我为我的盲从感到羞愧。 50 YEARS OF STUPID GRAMMAR ADVIC...
评分 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I bought this book for almost two years, but never finished reading it. Appealing stories always distract me. I take seriously to enhance my writing this time. The fellowing is my note. Part One: 11 principles of usage 1. Form the possessive singular of n...
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评分The 3rd edition. A great book. Why the hell that no one ever mentioned this book in my eng lessons? Hope it's not too late now.
评分这本书非常好。强烈推荐。
评分The 3rd edition. A great book. Why the hell that no one ever mentioned this book in my eng lessons? Hope it's not too late now.
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