the elements of style part 1

Tài liệu The elements of style part 1 pdf

Tài liệu The elements of style part 1 pdf

Ngày tải lên : 20/01/2014, 20:20
... called The Elements of Style , whose author was the professor himself. The year was 19 19. The book was known on the campus in those days as " ;the little book," with the stress on the ... 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, his short hair parted neatly in the middle and ... 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...
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Tài liệu The elements of style part 7 pptx

Tài liệu The elements of style part 7 pptx

Ngày tải lên : 20/01/2014, 20:20
... personal pronouns case of 11 -13 after each/every 60 personalize 56 personally 56 persons 56 phrase adverbial 44 participial 4-5, 13 -14 prepositional 13 -14 10 0 For more material ... design 15 , 70- 71 student body 58 style 66-69, 84-85 guidelines for 70-84 subject(s) agreement with verb 9 -11 compound 10 emphatic position of 33 position in sentence 29 pronoun as 11 -12 ... 44, 51 introductory phrase participial 13 -14 punctuation of 5 irregardless , misuse of 50 irritate vs. aggravate 39 it's vs. its 1 -ize 50 Jr ., punctuation of 3 kind of ...
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Tài liệu The elements of style part 6 pptx

Tài liệu The elements of style part 6 pptx

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 ... Bernstein, they worked separately and decades apart. We have no way of knowing whether Professor Strunk took particular notice of Elwyn Brooks White, a student of his at Cornell University in 19 19. ... influenced by the poetry of Walt Whitman. Moreover , Williams's emphasis on the present and the immediacy of the ordinary represented a rejection of the poetic stance and style of his contemporary...
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Tài liệu The elements of style part 5 docx

Tài liệu The elements of style part 5 docx

Ngày tải lên : 20/01/2014, 20:20
... 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 ... 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...
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Tài liệu The elements of style part 4 pptx

Tài liệu The elements of style part 4 pptx

Ngày tải lên : 20/01/2014, 20:20
... 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...
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Tài liệu The elements of style part 3 pptx

Tài liệu The elements of style part 3 pptx

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 ... became President in 18 89. 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, ... leave plenty of space at the top of page 1. The editor will need this space to write directions to the compositor. Place the heading, or title, at least a fourth of the way down the page. Leave...
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Tài liệu The elements of style part 2 doc

Tài liệu The elements of style part 2 doc

Ngày tải lên : 20/01/2014, 20:20
... 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 ... www.tailieuduhoc.org In these cases the writer must simply learn the idioms. The contents of a book is singular. The contents of a jar may be either singular or plural, depending on what's in the jar — ... 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...
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Anti-Supernatural Assault Team- Book 1- The Seal of Solomon- Part 1

Anti-Supernatural Assault Team- Book 1- The Seal of Solomon- Part 1

Ngày tải lên : 06/11/2012, 16:13
... dollars,” the driver said. The man drew out his wallet and took out a 10 0-dollar bill, then gave it to the driver. “Keep the change”. Book 1- Part 1- The Beginning of an End October 1, 2 012 . 81 ... West. They consist of 6 best people, Arthur could find. Their main aim is to find 5 pieces of the Seal of Solomon, so they can stop the demon that is responsible for the end of the world in 2 012 . ... walking along the corridor on the second floor, glimpsing over the paintings on the walls, he saw a figure of a woman at the end of the corridor. He couldn’t see her clearly because of the dim light,...
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Tài liệu The Elements of Style ppt

Tài liệu The Elements of Style ppt

Ngày tải lên : 10/12/2013, 00:15
... 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 ... 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 ... became President in 18 89. 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,...
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The Elements of Style (Original Edition) pptx

The Elements of Style (Original Edition) pptx

Ngày tải lên : 15/03/2014, 09:20
... conclusions. 18 . Place the emphatic words of a sentence at the end The proper place for the word, or group of words, which the writer desires to make most prominent is usually the end of the sentence. Humanity ... 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 ... 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...
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the elements of style illustrated

the elements of style illustrated

Ngày tải lên : 09/05/2014, 13:07
... TRODUCTION to the ;3 1& quot ;1 1edition by E. B. White Yl l l xn I. EL EM ENTARY RULES OF USAGE . 15 18 21 . ;\ . ;~ l. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10 . 11 . Form the possessive singular of nouns ... science. The Hcpuhlican lleudqu urtcrs is on this side of the tracks. Bul The gcn cral' s qu arters are across the river. In these eas es the writ er must simply learn the idioms. The contents of ... in again. The r ear axle began to make a nois e- a g rinding, chattering, te eth- grittiug rasp. The incre asin g reluctance of the sun 10 rise, the extra nip in the breeze, the paller of shed...
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The Seed – Trilogy Of Time Part 1

The Seed – Trilogy Of Time Part 1

Ngày tải lên : 14/11/2012, 16:50
... CHAPTER 11 As he looks over all his fathers land he hears a soft and gentle voice: "Abram." Not sure of the origin of the voice, he looks to the left, then to the right. The Father ... takes on the form of a groom and the other the form of the bride. The bride and the groom have deep love for one another, almost as if every moment is the birth of new and first love. They wrap ... bite into the fruit. So Adam joins her in wicked matrimony and falls short of the intent of God. 24 CHAPTER 7 It is the next day. Rays of soft light pierce through the leaves of the tree...
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Tài liệu A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge Part 1 ppt

Tài liệu A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge Part 1 ppt

Ngày tải lên : 15/12/2013, 13:15
... arise, they are passed up the organizational hierarchy to the department head, who consults with the head of the manufacturing department. The engineering department head then passes the answer ... Definition 10 9 5.3 Create WBS 11 2 5.4 Scope Verification 11 8 5.5 Scope Control 11 9 Project Time Management 12 3 6 .1 Activity Definition 12 7 6.2 Activity Sequencing 13 0 Chapter ... Preface vii The Project Management Framework 1 Introduction 3 1. 1 Purpose of the PMBOK ® GUIDE 3 1. 2 What is a Project? 5 1. 3 What is Project Management? 8 1. 4 The PMBOK ® ...
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The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia - Part 1 pptx

The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia - Part 1 pptx

Ngày tải lên : 14/03/2014, 13:20
... districts in the following order: Southwark, 17 62; Northern Liberties, 17 71; Moyamensing, 18 12; Spring Garden, 18 13; Kensington, 18 20; Penn, 18 44; Richmond, 18 47; West Philadelphia, 18 51; and Belmont, ... in 17 81 by repeal of the Stamp Act." He was prominent both socially and politically, a member of the Provincial Assembly in 17 48 and the register of wills. Prior to the outbreak of the ... attitude in the struggle with the mother country during the Revolution of vital importance. The British party was made strong by the loyalty of the large Church of England element, the policy...
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