The_Elements_of_Style.pptVIP

The Elements of Style William Strunk, Jr. Presented by: Tianyu Zhang 10/24/2011 Contents Introductory Elementary Rules of Usage Elementary Principles of Composition A Few Matters of Form Words and Expressions Commonly Misused Words Often Misspelled Elementary Rules of Usage 1 Possessive of Nouns with ’sCharles’s Friend Achilles’ heel More Terms, a Conjunctionred, white, and blueBrown, Shipley and Company Parenthetic Expressions A Comma before and or but Elementary Rules of Usage 2 Independent Clauses, Semicolon Don’t Use Periods for Commas Participial Phrase D