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William Strunk Jr.

The Elements of Style

  • Loiцитирует7 месяцев назад
    In the names of business firms the last comma is omitted, as

    Brown, Shipley and Company

    The abbreviation etc.,
  • Loiцитирует7 месяцев назад
    Exceptions are the possessives of ancient proper names in -es and -is, the possessive Jesus' , and such forms as for conscience' sake, for righteousness' sake. But such forms as Achilles' heel, Moses' laws, Isis' temple are commonly replaced by

    the heel of Achilles

    the laws of Moses

    the temple of Isis

    The pronominal possessives hers, its, theirs, yours, and oneself have no apostrophe.
  • Света Котинацитируетв прошлом году
    he abbreviation etc., even if only a single term comes before it, is always preceded by a comma.
  • Frich Baronцитируетв прошлом году
    The Elements of Style
  • Francisco Samourцитирует3 года назад
    The abbreviations etc. and jr. are always preceded by a comma, and except at the end of a sentence, followed by one.
  • Yasmina Yaцитирует4 года назад
    The man whom he thought was his friend
    The man who (that) he thought was his friend (whom he thought his friend)
  • Yasmina Yaцитирует4 года назад
    Compare:

    While the temperature reaches 90 or 95 degrees in the daytime, the nights are often chilly.

    Although the temperature reaches 90 or 95 degrees in the daytime, the nights are often chilly.

    The paraphrase,

    The temperature reaches 90 or 95 degrees in the daytime; at the same time the nights are often chilly,

    shows why the use of while is incorrect.

    In general, the writer will do well to use while only with strict literalness, in the sense of during the time that.
  • Yasmina Yaцитирует4 года назад
    While.

    Avoid the indiscriminate use of this word for and, but, and although. Many writers use it frequently as a substitute for and or but, either from a mere desire to vary the connective, or from uncertainty which of the two connectives is the more appropriate. In this use it is best replaced by a semicolon.
  • Yasmina Yaцитирует4 года назад
    each, each one, everybody,every one, many a man, which, though implying more than one person, requires the pronoun to be in the singular.
  • Yasmina Yaцитирует4 года назад
    One of the most.

    Avoid beginning essays or paragraphs with this formula, as, "One of the most interesting developments of modern science is, etc.;" "Switzerland is one of the most interesting countries of Europe." There is nothing wrong in this; it is simply threadbare and forcible-feeble.
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