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封面 1 I. Introductory 11 II. Elementary Rules of Usage 15 1. Form the possessive singular of nouns with ’s 17 2. In a series of three or more terms with a single conjunction,use a comma after each term except the last 18 3. Enclose parenthetic expressions between commas 19 4. Place a comma before and or but introducing an independent clause 22 5. Do not join independent clauses by a comma 24 6. Do not break sentences in two 26 7. A participial phrase at the beginning of a sentence must refer to the grammatical subject 27 8. Divide words at line-ends, in accordance with their formation and pronunciation 29 III. Elementary Principles of Composition 31 9. Make the paragraph the unit of composition: one paragraph to each topic 33 10. As a rule, begin each paragraph with a topic sentence;end it in conformity with the beginning 36 11. Use the active voice 41 12. Put statements in positive form 44 13. Omit needless words 46 14. Avoid a succession of loose sentences 49 15. Express co-ordinate ideas in similar form 51 16. Keep related words together 54 17. In summaries, keep to one tense 58 18. Place the emphatic words of a sentence at the end 60 IV. A Few Matters of Form 63 V. Words and Exp

Author

William Strunk Jr‧威廉A 史壯克; 商務印書館編輯部 (譯)

Publisher

The Commercial Press (Hong Kong) Limited

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9789620771774

Updated

2026-03-25