Title: The Elements of Style (1920)
Author: William Strunk, Jr.
Pages: 52
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & Howe
“This book aims to give in brief space the principal requirements of plain English style. It aims to lighten the task of instructor and student by concentrating attention on a few essentials, the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated.”
— Introductory of The Elements of Style.
The Elements of Style consists of seven chapters in total, with Chapter I being an introductory chapter and Chapter VII being an exercise. Being simple and easy to understand, this book is worth to read.
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Synopsis
A few essentials, often violated by student or even instructor, yet it denotes a very important point in mastering English.
Following the rules of usage, there are three rules for the usage of the comma and one for the usage of the semicolon, in the belief that these four rules provide all the internal punctuation that is required by nineteen sentences out of twenty.
Chapter IV
A few matters of form, it is only a few but it affects the beauty of a masterpiece. The quick list about those few matters are headings, numerals, parentheses, quotations, references, syllabication and title. Moreover, a few matters in this chapter are explained further by the rules bound to them. The chapter itself covers more than just a mere explanation, but some suggestions on how to use those few matters correctly.
Chapter V
While exploring this chapter, the first few part
of this chapter discuss about how a word is mean to be and used in a text,
moreover there is also a brief explanation as why this word cannot be used that way and so on.
Chapter IV
A few matters of form, it is only a few but it affects the beauty of a masterpiece. The quick list about those few matters are headings, numerals, parentheses, quotations, references, syllabication and title. Moreover, a few matters in this chapter are explained further by the rules bound to them. The chapter itself covers more than just a mere explanation, but some suggestions on how to use those few matters correctly.
Chapter V
When writers write down their ideas, they often express some
of their thought through words. However, the usage of words and expressions is commonly misused. Those words and expressions however,
still serve as a tool to express what the writer meant even if those words and
expressions are misused. This chapter explain how to use some common words and
expressions in the correct way or form to avoid infelicity. It is also
necessary to use the correct words or expressions to avoid redundancy and
needless words, in addition to help the reader in understanding what the writer
really meant by using those words and expressions.
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