the elements of style 1st edition

... dramatists of the Restoration; the second, in a paragraph on the tastes of modern readers The need of making a particular word the subject of the sentence will often, as in these ... statements in the form of a table 16 Keep related words together The position of the words in a sentence is the principal means of showing their relationship The writer must therefore, ... of a... In the example above, the relation is that of cause and result The two sentences might be rewritten: As the early records of the city have disappeared, the story of

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... 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 ... columns the true vs the false, the right vs the wrong, the timid vs the bold, the ragged vs the trim From every line there peers out at me the puckish face of my professor, ... to preserve the flavor of his discontent while slightly enlarging the scope of the discussion The Elements of Style does not pretend to survey the whole field Rather it proposes

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... remove the special objects of his scorn I have tried, instead , to preserve the flavor of his discont ent while slightly en larging the scope of the disc uss ion The Elements of ... Style does... challe nge Professor Strunk, although one of the most infl exible and choo sy of men , was qui ck to acknowledge the fallacy of infl exibility and the danger of ... My professor was William Strunk Jr A textbook required for the course was a slim volume calle d The Elements of Style, whose author was the profes sor himself Th e year was 1919 The

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... word the subject of the sentence will often, as in these examples, determine... bring the flesh and the blood The more clearly the writer perceives the shape, the better are the ... center of the rug or the rug was in the center of the room In the lefthand 36 ... construction Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven Blessed are they ... or remove the special objects of his scorn. I have tried, instead, to preserve the flavor of his discontent while slightly enlarging the scope of the discussion. The Elements of Style does

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... dramatists of the Restoration; the second, in a paragraph on the tastes of modern readers The need of making a particular word the subject of the sentence will often, as in these ... statements in the form of a table 16 Keep related words together The position of the words in a sentence is the principal means of showing their relationship The writer must therefore, ... of a... In the example above, the relation is that of cause and result The two sentences might be rewritten: As the early records of the city have disappeared, the story of

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... configuration b) The player on the left appears to be bearing most of the weight of his teammate If the player on the ground to the right would suddenly vanish, how would the center of mass of the remaining ... against each other– is held near the spot that the ball left the field.) In figure 1.2, Leinster (blue uniforms) have captured the ball on a lineout a) Where is the center -of- mass of the three-person ... lift players into the air to help them intercept the ball (In rugby league, the other variant, line-outs are not used Instead, when the ball goes out of touch, a scrum– one of those giant huddlelooking

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... most of the homes located? Size: What is the average size of homes for sales in the area? What is the largest home for sale in the area? What is the smallest home for sale in the area? Style: ... one of the treatments was the Cold-EEZE lozenge while the other was a lozenge not believed to have any effect on the duration of a cold "Double-blind" means that neither the subjects nor the ... be: Randomly assign the 12 students to one of two groups One group of watch the OLD video (this is the control group) The other group of students watch the new video An example of a matched pairs

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... number of the subject determines the number of the verb 10 Use the proper case of pronoun ix xiii 1 2 5 7 9 11 vij CONTENTS 11 A participial phrase at the beginning of a sentence must refer to the ... equivalent elements Correlative conjunctions (both, and; either, or; neither, nor) join the same kinds of elements contraction A shortened form of a word or group of words: can't for cannot; they're ... The Elements of Style THE ELEMENTS OF Style BY WILLIAM STRUNK Jr With Revisions, an Introduction, and a Chapter on

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... on the dramatists of the Restoration; the second, in a paragraph on the tastes of modern readers The need of making a particular word the subject of the sentence will often, ... for the chain of causes and effects (The definition supplemented: another... take the position of the predicate Through the middle of the valley flowed a winding stream The ... became the subjects of their works (The definition expanded.) 3 They sought rather to write a history of peoples than a history of kings (The definition explained by contrast.) 4 They

Ngày tải lên: 22/07/2014, 21:21

... THE ELEMENTS OF PROGRAMMING STYLE SECOND EDITION Kernighan and Plauger THE ELEMENTS OF PROGRAMMING STYLE Second Edition Brian W Kernighan Bell laboratories ... Summary of Rules Index 155 157 159 163 vii PREFACE to the Second Edition The practice of computer programming has changed since The Elements of Programming Style first appeared Programming style ... Programming Style extensively to reflect these changes The first edition avoided any direct mention of the term "structured programming," to steer well clear of the religious debates then prevalent

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... THE ELEMENTS OF PROGRAMMING STYLE SECOND EDITION Kernighan and Plauger THE ELEMENTS OF PROGRAMMING STYLE Second Edition Brian W Kernighan Bell laboratories ... Summary of Rules Index 155 157 159 163 vii PREFACE to the Second Edition The practice of computer programming has changed since The Elements of Programming Style first appeared Programming style ... Programming Style extensively to reflect these changes The first edition avoided any direct mention of the term "structured programming," to steer well clear of the religious debates then prevalent

Ngày tải lên: 01/03/2023, 16:20

... 14:52 The Elements of C++ Style The Elements of C ++ Style is for all C++ practitioners, especially those working in teams where consistency is critical. Just as Strunk and White’s The Elements of ... experience, the value of consistent programming style grows exponentially with the number of people working with the code. Our favorite style guides are classics: Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style ... Kernighan and Plauger’s The Elements of Programming Style. 5 These small books work because they 4 William Strunk, Jr., and E. B. White. The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition. (Allyn & Bacon,

Ngày tải lên: 03/06/2014, 00:57

... represents the greatest accomplishment of the 1994 revision of the GATT? A) Creation of the World Trade Organization B) Creation of regional trade agreements C) Creation of the World Bank D) Creation of ... Because of its ability to penalize offending nations, the WTO’s dispute settlement system truly is the spine of the global trading system The WTO replaced the institution of GATT but absorbed all of ... employees? ?the most of any company We see the enormous economic clout of multinational corporations when we compare the revenues of the Global 500 ranking of companies to the value of goods and

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... the desire... that there are two distinct kinds of pleasantness attempted One by hues of color; the other by proportions of space I have called these the musical elements of the ... only of use near the eye and in beautiful stone; and the pursuit of them was one of the many errors of later Gothic The statement in the text that the moldings, even of ... explains the absence of the images of the sun and moon "In the temple itself," he says, "on the left hand as one[Pg 26] goes in, there is set first the throne of the sun;

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... 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 ... 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 ... instead, to preserve the flavor of his discontent while slightly enlarging the scope of the discussion. The Elements of Style does not pretend to survey the whole field. Rather it proposes to...

Ngày tải lên: 10/12/2013, 00:15

... time, notation of 8 titles (of persons), punctuation of 3 titles (of works) 8, 38 together with , subjects joined by 10 tortuous vs. torturous 62 transition sentences of 16-17 transitive ... inverted position of 33 104 For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org the fact that 24 the foreseeable future 59 the truth is 60 then , semicolon ... use of 20 modifier(s) adjectival 12 position of 30-31 most vs. almost 53 myself vs. I 12 names (of firms), comma in 2 names (of persons) in direct address 3 possessive case of...

Ngày tải lên: 20/01/2014, 20:20

... language. They will hear the beat of new vocabularies, the exciting rhythms of special segments of their society, each speaking a language of its own. All of us come under the spell of these unsettling ... that style is the writer, and therefore what you are, rather than what you know, will at last determine your style. If you write, you must believe — in the truth and worth of the scrawl, in the ... passages about the power of words and the clear expression of thoughts and feelings. To the nuts and bolts of grammar he added a rhetorical dimension. The editors of this edition have followed...

Ngày tải lên: 20/01/2014, 20:20

... of simplified spelling and are prepared to take the consequences. In the original edition of The Elements of Style , there was a chapter on spelling. In it, the author had this to say: The ... www.tailieuduhoc.org 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 ... than to the mood and temper of the author. If the writing is solid and good, the mood and temper of the writer will eventually be revealed and not at the expense of the work. Therefore, the first...

Ngày tải lên: 20/01/2014, 20:20

... 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 ... is the use of the plural pronoun with the antecedent anybody, somebody, someone , the intention being either to avoid the awkward he or she or to avoid committing oneself to one or the other....

Ngày tải lên: 20/01/2014, 20:20

... 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 Superintendent of the Chicago Division, ... one of them. Punctuate as indicated below. in the second scene of the third act in III.ii (Better still, simply insert m.ii in parentheses at the proper place in the sentence.) After the...

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