the elements of style 50th anniversary edition

... 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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... 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

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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

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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

... objects They are... set of composition 1 Proportion and scale - Size and shapes of objects - Reference point of the objects - Use these points to analise how big you should draw the other ... weight,... and there interaction with other enviroments These masses evoke thought , feelings and tensions - seeking out the purest form of the subject Non Objective Masses They refer to ... called Analogus are adjacent in the circle. They have at least one common colour. e.g. Yellow / Orange / Red ( Common colour is Yellow ) - The use of these two types of colours can create a purposeful

Ngày tải lên: 21/03/2014, 22:53

... of the other, when the hypothesis of either is the conclusion of the other Thus the converse of the theorem (i.) is— If Z is W, then X is Y (ii.) From the two theorems (i.) ... AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, BY PONSONBY AND WELDRICK PREFACE. This edition of the Elements of Euclid, undertaken at the request of the prin- cipals of some of the leading Colleges and Schools of ... ACADEMY; MEMBER OF THE MATHEMATICAL SOCIETIES OF LONDON AND FRANCE; AND PROFESSOR OF THE HIGHER MATHEMATICS AND OF MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS IN THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND. THIRD EDITION, REVISED

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... author of A Random Walk Down Wall Street Bestselling author of Winning the Loser’s Game THE ELEMENTS OF INVESTING M M A A LKI E E L L E E LLI S S THE ELEMENTS OF INVESTING In his classic book The Elements ... Elements of Style, Professor William Strunk Jr. whittled down the art of powerful writing to a few basic rules. Forty years later, E.B. White initiated a revision, and thus The Elements of Style ... 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... investing at the peak of the stock market each year Another investor starts later but is the world’s luckiest investor, buying at the absolute bottom of the market every year The first ... sentences Another reason for saving is quite positive: Most of us enjoy the extra comfort and the feeling of accomplishment that comes with both the process of saving and with the results—having ... more freedom of choice... your account would be worth $110 at the end of the first year the original $100 plus the $10 that you earned By leaving the $10 earned in the first year

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... based on the width of a house. Consider another architectural example, the invention of the mansard roof in France. Property taxes were often levied on the number of rooms in a house and, therefore, ... think in terms of deprivation; they think in terms of making good progress toward achieving their goal. As they make progress toward their goal, they have the fun and satis- faction of achievement. ... they center their thinking on enjoying the benefi ts of achieving their goals, most savers and most slim people take pleasure in the process of saving and the process of keeping trim. They do not

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... Columbus, one of the Italian mariners whom the decline of their own republics had put at the service of the world and of adventure, seek- ing for Spain a westward passage to the Indies as a set- off against ... step in the development of the subject has been reached. The extent of subdivision will vary with the length of the composition. For example, a short notice of a book or poem might consist of a ... station. A soldier of proved valor, they entrusted him with the defence of the city. A soldier of proved valor, he was entrusted with the defence of the city. Young and inexperienced, the task seemed...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 09:20

... 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 ... 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....

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