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"The Elements of Style" Table Of Contents:

• 1- Foreword
• 2- Introduction
• 3- Elementary Rules of Usage
• 4- Form the possessive singular of nouns by adding 's.
• 5- In a series of three or more terms with a single conjunction, use a comma after each term except the last.
• 6- Enclose parenthetic expressions between commas.
• 7- Place a comma before a conjunction introducing an independent clause.
• 8- Do not join independent clauses with a comma.
• 9- Do not break sentences in two.
• 10- Use a colon after an independent clause to introduce a list of particulars, an appositive, an amplification, or an illustrative quotation.
• 11- Use a dash to set off an abrupt break or interruption and to announce a long appositive or summary.
• 12- The number of the subject determines the number of the verb.
• 13- Use the proper case of pronoun.
• 14- A participial phrase at the beginning of a sentence must refer to the grammatical subject.
• 15- Elementary Principles of Composition
• 16- Choose a suitable design and hold to it.
• 17- Make the paragraph the unit of composition.
• 18- Use the active voice.
• 19- Put statements in positive form.
• 20- Use definite, specific, concrete language.
• 21- Omit needless words.
• 22- Avoid a succession of loose sentences.
• 23- Express coordinate ideas in similar form.
• 24- Keep related words together.
• 25- In summaries, keep to one tense.
• 26- Place the emphatic words of a sentence at the end.
• 27- A Few Matters of Form
• 28- Words and Expressions Commonly Misused
• 29- An Approach to Style
• 30- Place yourself in the background.
• 31- Write in a way that comes naturally.
• 32- Work from a suitable design.
• 33- Write with nouns and verbs.
• 34- Revise and rewrite.
• 35- Do not overwrite.
• 36- Do not overstate.
• 37- Avoid the use of qualifiers.
• 38- Do not affect a breezy manner.
• 39- Use orthodox spelling.
• 40- Do not explain too much.
• 41- Do not construct awkward adverbs.
• 42- MAke sure the reader knows who is speaking.
• 43- Avoid fancy words.
• 44- Do not use dialect unless your ear is good.
• 45- Be clear.
• 46- Do not inject opinion.
• 47- Use figures of speech sparingly.
• 48- Do not take shortcuts at the cost of clarity.
• 49- Avoid foreign languages.
• 50- Prefer the standard to the offbeat.
• 51- Afterword
• 52- Glossary
• 53- Index

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