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... between the 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, on the side of established ... hear the beat of new vocabularies, the exciting rhythms of special segments of their society, each speaking a language of its own All of us come under the spell of these unsettling drums; the ... verb form) to another word in the sentence She is the leader of our group We opened the door by picking the lock She went out the window prepositional phrase A group of words consisting of a...
... and temper ofthe author If the writing is solid and good, the mood and temper ofthe writer will eventually be revealed and not at the expense ofthe work Therefore, the first piece of advice ... without flaw The use of language begins with imitation The infant imitates the sounds made by its parents; the child imitates first the spoken language, then the stuff of books The imitative ... system of simplified spelling and are prepared to take the consequences In the original edition ofTheElementsof Style, there was a chapter on spelling In it, the author had this to say: The spelling...
... prospect ofthe Senate but with a prospect of accepting Any sentence in which the use ofthe possessive is awkward or impossible should of course be recast In the event of a reconsideration ofthe ... Inside of Inside Theof following inside is correct in the adverbial meaning "in less than." In other meanings, of is unnecessary Inside of five minutes I'll be inside the bank Insightful The word ... reconsider the whole matter There was great dissatisfaction with the decision ofthe arbitrators being favorable to the company There was great dissatisfaction with the arbitrators' decision in favor of...
... men The samples were then frozen and stored in a stainless steel tank In the lefthand version ofthe first example, the reader has no way of knowing whether the stain was in the center ofthe ... similar The likeness ofform enables the reader to recognize more readily the likeness of content and function The familiar Beatitudes exemplify the virtue of parallel construction Blessed are the ... became President in 1889 If the antecedent consists of a group of words, the relative comes at the end ofthe group, unless this would cause ambiguity The Superintendent ofthe Chicago Division, who...
... will 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 ... dark A comparison ofthe three forms given above will show clearly the advantage ofthe first It is, at least in the examples given, better than the second form because it suggests the close relationship ... necessary The dramatists ofthe Restoration are little esteemed today Modern readers have little esteem for the dramatists ofthe Restoration The first would be the preferred form in a paragraph on the...
... the course was a slim volume called TheElementsof Style, whose author was the professor himself The year was 1919 The book was known on the campus in those days as "the little book," with the ... pronouncements, or remove the special objects of his scorn I have tried, instead, to preserve the flavor of his discontent while slightly enlarging the scope ofthe discussion TheElementsof Style does ... summary 9 The number ofthe subject determines the number ofthe verb 10 Use the proper case of pronoun 11 11 A participial phrase at the beginning of a sentence must refer to the grammatical subject...
... different parts ofthe plant the same, or different? What is the difference between the ash ofthe straw and that ofthe grain of wheat? The location ofthe inorganic part of plants is one of much interest, ... same true ofthe other constituents of plants? Is any atom of matter ever lost? The same is true of any ofthe organic or inorganic constituents of plants They are performing their natural offices, ... reference to the purposes of growth, and to the wants ofthe animal world, as is noticed in the difference between the construction ofthe straw and that ofthe kernel of wheat The reason why the fine...
... leave the upper part ofthe tube in the region ofthe diamond scratch empty (Fig 19, B) Heat the tube in the region ofthe diamond scratch in the blowpipe flame, and removing the tube from the ... tube exactly at the upper level ofthe column of mercury, invert it and allow the mercury to run out Snap off the remainder ofthe capillary tube from the broad upper portion ofthe pipette which ... snapping off the hair-like extremity from the long piece of capillary tubing Mark on the capillary stem with a grease pencil the position ofthe end ofthe column of mercury (Fig 19, E.) Warm the...
... gleams of light In the darkness of ground there is the light ofthe little pebbles or dust; in the darkness of foliage, the glitter ofthe leaves; in the darkness of flesh, transparency; in that of ... pains with the circlet of a crown, or the rim of a crystal cup, in the heart of their picture, they would twist their capitals of columns and towers of churches about in the background in the most ... reflected from the objects around them, or from the atmosphere and clouds The color of their light sides depends much on that ofthe direct light, and that ofthe dark sides on the colors ofthe objects...
... Cpos gg q Q With the aim of showing the simplicity ofthe phonologic rules we transcribe the two-level rules we have implemeted with the transducers in the thesis R1-R4 model the medialization ... prefixes In the next example the suffixation ofthe reflexive (−l at) forces the use ofthe active person with prefixes ofthe voice medium class because the agent is affected by the action Example (a) ... must enlarge the lexicon size The resulting grammar, althought capable of modeling the morphology ofthe toba, would not work effectively The effectiveness of a grammar is a measure of their productivity...
... for the dramatists ofthe Restoration The first would be the right form in a paragraph on the dramatists ofthe Restoration; the second, in a paragraph on the tastes of modern readers The need of ... his statements in theformof a table 16 Keep related words together The position ofthe words in a sentence is the principal means of showing their relationship The writer must therefore, so far ... one ofthe Italian mariners whom the decline of their own republics had put at the service ofthe world and of adventure, seeking for Spain a westward passage to the Indies as a setoff against the...
... one ofthe combinations of color, and the other ofthe combinations of line and form, which might each of them separately engage us in as intricate study as that ofthe science of music But ofthe ... glutton." And the whole science of æsthetics is, in the depth of it, expressed by one passage of Goethe's in the end ofthe second part of Faust; the notable one that follows the song ofthe Lemures, ... description of Form, and expression of Thought 55 Now it is easy to show you the essential cause ofthe vast discrepancy in the character of these two buildings In the vault ofthe apse ofthe Duomo of...
... exploring the pure essence of natural and geometric masses, and there interaction with other enviroments These masses evoke thought , feelings and tensions - seeking out the purest formofthe subject ... create a dynamic composition Natural Masses These are such forms as the human forms Many sculptors use such forms as e.g Henry Moore, He explored the mass ofthe female figure and its curved majestic ... representing a set of composition Proportion and scale - Size and shapes of objects - Reference point ofthe objects - Use these points to analise how big you should draw the other object Angles...
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... forget that the primary purpose of their software is to satisfy the needs of an end user; they often concentrate on the solution but fail to instruct others on the use of that solution Good software ... and White’s TheElementsof Style4 and Kernighan and Plauger’s TheElementsof Programming Style.5 These small books work because they William Strunk, Jr., and E B White TheElementsof Style, ... place the brace at the end ofthe line that controls entry into the block, or you may place it on the next line and align it with the first character ofthe first line You should always place the...
... hypothesis of either is the conclusion ofthe other Thus the converse ofthe theorem (i.) is— If Z is W, then X is Y (ii.) From the two theorems (i.) and (ii.) we may infer two others, called their ... ) ofthe other, the base of that which has the greater angle is greater than the base ofthe other Dem. Ofthe two sides AB, AC, let AB be the one which is not the greater, and with it make the ... sides (DE, DF ) ofthe other, but the base (BC) of one greater than the base (EF ) ofthe other, the angle (A) contained by the sides of that which has the greater base is greater them the angle (D)...