... bring the flesh and the blood. The more clearly the writer perceives the
shape, the better are the chances of success.
13. Make the paragraph the unit of composition.
The paragraph is a convenient ... preferred form in a paragraph on the dramatists of the Restoration,
the second in a paragraph on the tastes of modern readers. The need to make a particul...
... 8. Avoid the use of qualifiers.
Rather, very, little, pretty
— these are the leeches that infest the pond of prose, sucking
the blood of words. The constant use of the adjective
little
... draws the reader's attention to the sense and substance of the writing,
rather than to the mood and temper of the author. If the writing is solid and good, the...
... use of 20
modifier(s)
adjectival 12
position of 30-31
most
vs.
almost
53
myself
vs.
I
12
names (of firms), comma in 2
names (of persons) in direct address 3
possessive case of ... that
24
the foreseeable future
59
the truth
is 60
then
, semicolon with 6
there is/are
, substituting 18-19
therefore
, semicolon with 6
they
vs.
he/she
60-61
thirdly
, m...
...
can
vs.
may
42
sparing use of 20
care less
, misuse of 42
case
of pronouns 11-13
case
(noun), misuse of 42
certainly
42
character
, misuse of 42
claim
(verb) 42- 43
clarity in ... formal and the informal, the regular and the offbeat, the general
and the special, the orthodox and the heretical, the beginner err on the side of
conservatism,...
... submerged. The log was partly submerged.
She was partially in and partially out. She was partly in and partly out.
She was part in, part out.
Participle for verbal noun.
There was little prospect of ... one of us knows he is fallible.
Everyone in the community, whether they
are a member of the Association or not, is
invited to attend.
Everyone in the community, wheth...
... men. The samples
were then frozen and stored in a stainless
steel tank.
In the lefthand version of the first example, the reader has no way of knowing whether the
stain was in the center of the ... President in 1889.
If the antecedent consists of a group of words, the relative comes at the end of the group,
unless this would cause ambiguity.
The Super...
... summary. 9
9. The number of the subject determines the number of the verb. 9
10. Use the proper case of pronoun. 11
11. A participial phrase at the beginning of a sentence must refer to the grammatical ... in similar form. 26
20 . Keep related words together. 28
21 . In summaries, keep to one tense. 31
22 . Place the emphatic words of a sentence at the end....
...
punctuation of 5
summaries 31- 32
superfluous words/phrases 23 -24 , 72
syllabication 38
syntax 28 -31
inversion 32- 33
parallelism 26 -28
tense
in summaries 31- 32
than
case of pronoun after 12 ... "I'm partially resigned to it."
Partly
carries
the idea of a part as distinct from the whole — usually a physical object.
The log was partially...
... made the picture.
At the office of the cigarette company he learned that the making of the pictures was in the hands of the
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Knapp Lithographic Company. The following luncheon ... hostess were
the President of the United States and the first lady of the land!
That evening was the first of many thus spent as the years rolled by; u...
... seen with the unaided eye
and is often
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reversible. As the macrobend occurs, the radius can
become too small and allow light to escape the core and ... services – whether it’s from the MSO headend, a CO, or
wireless mobile switching center (MSC). As the amount of fiber dramatically
increases, the importance of properly m...