Tài liệu The elements of style part 5 docx

Tài liệu The elements of style part 5 docx

Tài liệu The elements of style part 5 docx

... 8. Avoid the use of qualifiers. Rather, very, little, pretty — these are the leeches that infest the pond of prose, sucking the blood of words. The constant use of the adjective little ... draws the reader's attention to the sense and substance of the writing, rather than to the mood and temper of the author. If the writing is solid and good, the...
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Tài liệu The elements of style part 7 pptx

Tài liệu The elements of style part 7 pptx

... parenthetical expressions 2 -5 partially vs. partly 55 participial phrase introductory 13-14 punctuation of 4 -5 participle as verbal 13, 55 -56 passive voice 18 past ... -ize 50 intransitive 44, 51 linking 11 position in sentence 29 principal 29 transitive 18-19 used as noun 54 and writing style 71-72 verbal(s) gerund as 12, 55 -56 participle as 13, 55 -56...
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Tài liệu The elements of style part 6 pptx

Tài liệu The elements of style part 6 pptx

... formal and the informal, the regular and the offbeat, the general and the special, the orthodox and the heretical, the beginner err on the side of conservatism, on the side of established usage. ... gets the impression that the person using it doesn't know, either, and doesn't want to know. The special vocabularies of the law, of the military...
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Tài liệu The elements of style part 4 pptx

Tài liệu The elements of style part 4 pptx

... "I'm partially resigned to it." Partly carries the idea of a part as distinct from the whole — usually a physical object. The log was partially submerged. The log was partly submerged. ... submerged. She was partially in and partially out. She was partly in and partly out. She was part in, part out. Participle for verbal noun. There was little prospect of...
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Tài liệu The elements of style part 3 pptx

Tài liệu The elements of style part 3 pptx

... men. The samples were then frozen and stored in a stainless steel tank. In the lefthand version of the first example, the reader has no way of knowing whether the stain was in the center of the ... President in 1889. If the antecedent consists of a group of words, the relative comes at the end of the group, unless this would cause ambiguity. The Super...
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Tài liệu The elements of style part 2 doc

Tài liệu The elements of style part 2 doc

... bring the flesh and the blood. The more clearly the writer perceives the shape, the better are the chances of success. 13. Make the paragraph the unit of composition. The paragraph is a convenient ... When the main clause of a sentence is preceded by a phrase or a subordinate clause, use a comma to set off these elements. Partly by hard fighting, partly by di...
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Tài liệu The elements of style part 1 pdf

Tài liệu The elements of style part 1 pdf

... called The Elements of Style , whose author was the professor himself. The year was 1919. The book was known on the campus in those days as " ;the little book," with the stress on the ... today. Style rules of this sort are, of course, somewhat a matter of individual preference, and even the established rules of grammar are open to challenge. Profes...
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Tài liệu The Elements of Style ppt

Tài liệu The Elements of Style ppt

... www.tailieuduhoc.org parenthetical expressions 2 -5 partially vs. partly 55 participial phrase introductory 13-14 punctuation of 4 -5 participle as verbal 13, 55 -56 passive voice 18 past ... submerged. The log was partly submerged. She was partially in and partially out. She was partly in and partly out. She was part in, part out. Participle for verbal noun. There...
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Tài liệu Ten Principles of Economics - Part 5 ppt

Tài liệu Ten Principles of Economics - Part 5 ppt

... examines many of the items found in people’s homes to see which of them are associated with the risk of cancer. Big Brother reports a strong relationship between two vari- ables: the number of cigarette ... face, they do not tell us what the farmer and rancher will actually choose to do. To determine their choices, we need to know the tastes of the farmer and the ranch...
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Tài liệu The Elements of Fiber Cable Management pptx

Tài liệu The Elements of Fiber Cable Management pptx

... seen with the unaided eye and is often The Elements of Fiber Cable Management Page 3 reversible. As the macrobend occurs, the radius can become too small and allow light to escape the core and ... services – whether it’s from the MSO headend, a CO, or wireless mobile switching center (MSC). As the amount of fiber dramatically increases, the importance of properly m...
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