Tài liệu The elements of style part 4 pptx

... 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 was little prospect of ... one of us knows he is fallible. Everyone in the community, whether they are a member of the Association or not, is invited to attend. Everyone in the community, whether he is a member of the ... brother anticipated the upturn in the market. My brother expected the upturn in the market. In the second example, the word anticipated is ambiguous. It could mean simply that the brother...

Tài liệu The elements of style part 7 pptx

... different than, misuse of 44 direct address, name or title in 3 direct object 36 disinterested vs. uninterested 44 divided into vs. composed of 44 due to 44 -45 each pronoun after ... 27 could, sparing use of 20 currently, misuse of 44 dash, use of 9 data 44 dates numerals vs. words for 35 punctuation of 2-3 degrees (academic), punctuation of 3 dependent clause ... parenthetical expressions 2-5 partially vs. partly 55 participial phrase introductory 13- 14 punctuation of 4- 5 participle as verbal 13, 55-56 passive...

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. ... less, misuse of 42 case of pronouns 11-13 case (noun), misuse of 42 certainly 42 character, misuse of 42 claim (verb) 42 -43 clarity in writing 79 clause(s) punctuation of 3-7 restrictive ... 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, of government are familiar to most of...

Tài liệu The elements of style part 3 pptx

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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 mood and temper of the writer ... matter of reading the books that sharpen the ear. The line between the fancy and the plain, between the atrocious and the felicitous, is sometimes alarmingly fine. The opening phrase of the Gettysburg...

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 diplomatic skill, they enlarged their ... contributes to the preceding clause. The squalor of the streets reminded her of a line from Oscar Wilde: "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." The colon...

Tài liệu The elements of style part 1 pdf

... summary. 9 9. The number of the subject determines the number of the verb. 9 10. Use the proper case of pronoun. 11 11. A participial phrase at the beginning of a sentence must refer to the grammatical ... 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 ... made a note of its contents. This comma is often referred to as the "serial" comma. In the names of business firms the last comma is usually omitted. Follow the usage of the individual...

Tài liệu The Elements of Style ppt

... 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 was little prospect of ... brother anticipated the upturn in the market. My brother expected the upturn in the market. In the second example, the word anticipated is ambiguous. It could mean simply that the brother ... one of us knows he is fallible. Everyone in the community, whether they are a member of the Association or not, is invited to attend. Everyone in the community, whether he is a member of the...

Tài liệu The Elements of Fiber Cable Management pptx

... seen with the unaided eye and is often The Elements of Fiber Cable ManagementPage 3reversible. 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 managing the fiber cables ... WHITE PAPER The Elements of Fiber Cable Management The Elements of Fiber Cable ManagementAs service providers continue upgrading their networks to transport high-bandwidth...

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