[Info] Writing: Elements of Style(Strunk Jr., William) Summary
Elementary Rules of Usage
1. Form the possessive singular of nouns with 's.
2. In a series of three or more terms with a single conjunction, use a comma after each term except the last.
ex) red, white, and gold
3. Enclose parenthetic expressions between commas.
4. Place a comma before a conjunction introducing an independent clause.
5. Do not join independent clauses by a comma.
6. Do not break sentences in two.
ex) I met them on a Cunard liner many years ago. Coming home from Liverpool to New York. (x)
7. Use a colon after an independent clause to introduce a list of particulars, an appositive, an amplification, or an illustrative quotation.
8. Use a dash to set off an abrupt break or interruption and to announce a long appositive or summary.
9. The number of the subject determines the number of the verb.
Use a singular verb form with each, either, everyone, everybody, neither, nobody, someone.
ex) Everybody thinks he has a unique sense of humor.
10. Use the proper case of pronoun.
11. A particular phrase at the beginning of a sentence must refer to the grammatical subject.
Elementary Principles of Composition
12. Choose a suitable design and hold to it.
13. Make the paragraph the unit of composition: one paragraph to each topic.
14. Use the active voice.
ex) My first visit to Boston will always be remembered by me.
-> I shall always remember my first visit to Boston.
15. Put statements in positive form.
ex) He was not very often on time.
-> He usually came late.
16. Use definite, specific, concrete language.
17. Omit needless words.
18. Avoid a succession of loose sentences.
19. Express co-ordinate ideas in similar form.
20. Keep related words together.
21. In summaries, keep to one tense.
1. Form the possessive singular of nouns with 's.
2. In a series of three or more terms with a single conjunction, use a comma after each term except the last.
ex) red, white, and gold
3. Enclose parenthetic expressions between commas.
4. Place a comma before a conjunction introducing an independent clause.
5. Do not join independent clauses by a comma.
6. Do not break sentences in two.
ex) I met them on a Cunard liner many years ago. Coming home from Liverpool to New York. (x)
7. Use a colon after an independent clause to introduce a list of particulars, an appositive, an amplification, or an illustrative quotation.
8. Use a dash to set off an abrupt break or interruption and to announce a long appositive or summary.
9. The number of the subject determines the number of the verb.
Use a singular verb form with each, either, everyone, everybody, neither, nobody, someone.
ex) Everybody thinks he has a unique sense of humor.
10. Use the proper case of pronoun.
11. A particular phrase at the beginning of a sentence must refer to the grammatical subject.
Elementary Principles of Composition
12. Choose a suitable design and hold to it.
13. Make the paragraph the unit of composition: one paragraph to each topic.
14. Use the active voice.
ex) My first visit to Boston will always be remembered by me.
-> I shall always remember my first visit to Boston.
15. Put statements in positive form.
ex) He was not very often on time.
-> He usually came late.
16. Use definite, specific, concrete language.
17. Omit needless words.
18. Avoid a succession of loose sentences.
19. Express co-ordinate ideas in similar form.
20. Keep related words together.
21. In summaries, keep to one tense.
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