the elements of style 3rd edition pdf

Tài liệu The elements of style part 1 pdf

Tài liệu The elements of style part 1 pdf

Ngày tải lên : 20/01/2014, 20:20
... called The Elements of 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 stress on the ... instead, to preserve the flavor of his discontent while slightly enlarging the scope of the discussion. The Elements of Style does not pretend to survey the whole field. Rather it proposes to ... to whether" and that they should just say "whether" — a saving of four words out of a possible five. The professor devotes a special paragraph to the vile expression the fact...
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The Elements of Style (Original Edition) pptx

The Elements of Style (Original Edition) pptx

Ngày tải lên : 15/03/2014, 09:20
... Columbus, one of the Italian mariners whom the decline of their own republics had put at the service of the world and of adventure, seek- ing for Spain a westward passage to the Indies as a set- off against ... step in the development of the subject has been reached. The extent of subdivision will vary with the length of the composition. For example, a short notice of a book or poem might consist of a ... station. A soldier of proved valor, they entrusted him with the defence of the city. A soldier of proved valor, he was entrusted with the defence of the city. Young and inexperienced, the task seemed...
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Tài liệu The Elements of Style ppt

Tài liệu The Elements of Style ppt

Ngày tải lên : 10/12/2013, 00:15
... 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 ... 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 ... instead, to preserve the flavor of his discontent while slightly enlarging the scope of the discussion. The Elements of Style does not pretend to survey the whole field. Rather it proposes to...
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Tài liệu The elements of style part 7 pptx

Tài liệu The elements of style part 7 pptx

Ngày tải lên : 20/01/2014, 20:20
... time, notation of 8 titles (of persons), punctuation of 3 titles (of works) 8, 38 together with , subjects joined by 10 tortuous vs. torturous 62 transition sentences of 16-17 transitive ... inverted position of 33 104 For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org the fact that 24 the foreseeable future 59 the truth is 60 then , semicolon ... 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...
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Tài liệu The elements of style part 6 pptx

Tài liệu The elements of style part 6 pptx

Ngày tải lên : 20/01/2014, 20:20
... language. They will 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 ... that style is the writer, and therefore what you are, rather than what you know, will at last determine your style. If you write, you must believe — in the truth and worth of the scrawl, in the ... passages about the power of words and the clear expression of thoughts and feelings. To the nuts and bolts of grammar he added a rhetorical dimension. The editors of this edition have followed...
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Tài liệu The elements of style part 5 docx

Tài liệu The elements of style part 5 docx

Ngày tải lên : 20/01/2014, 20:20
... of simplified spelling and are prepared to take the consequences. In the original edition of The Elements of Style , there was a chapter on spelling. In it, the author had this to say: The ... www.tailieuduhoc.org 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 ... than to the mood and temper of the author. If the writing is solid and good, the mood and temper of the writer will eventually be revealed and not at the expense of the work. Therefore, the first...
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Tài liệu The elements of style part 4 pptx

Tài liệu The elements of style part 4 pptx

Ngày tải lên : 20/01/2014, 20:20
... 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, whether he is a member of the ... brother anticipated the upturn in the market. My brother expected the upturn in the market. In the second example, the word anticipated is ambiguous. It could mean simply that the brother ... is the use of the plural pronoun with the antecedent anybody, somebody, someone , the intention being either to avoid the awkward he or she or to avoid committing oneself to one or the other....
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Tài liệu The elements of style part 3 pptx

Tài liệu The elements of style part 3 pptx

Ngày tải lên : 20/01/2014, 20:20
... 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 Superintendent of the Chicago Division, ... one of them. Punctuate as indicated below. in the second scene of the third act in III.ii (Better still, simply insert m.ii in parentheses at the proper place in the sentence.) After the...
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Tài liệu The elements of style part 2 doc

Tài liệu The elements of style part 2 doc

Ngày tải lên : 20/01/2014, 20:20
... 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 ... Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org The increasing reluctance of the sun to rise, the extra nip in the breeze, the patter of shed leaves dropping — all the evidences of fall drifting into winter were ... contributes to the preceding clause. The squalor of the streets reminded her of a line from Oscar Wilde: "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." The colon...
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The Philosophy of Humanism (8th edition) pdf

The Philosophy of Humanism (8th edition) pdf

Ngày tải lên : 06/03/2014, 11:20
... to the Eighth Edition vii Foreword to the Eighth Edition xi Preface to the Seventh Edition xii Introduction to the Sixth Edition xiii Foreword to the Fifth Edition xxx Preface to the Fifth Edition ... could. On the other hand, the new synthesis accepts the ethical ideal of concern for all humans ; it embraces the democratic faith in the worth of the individual and seeks the welfare of all ... have arrived at the philoso- phy through the critical study of the materials of religion and the effort to meet the needs of their people in terms of to- day’s orientation are of increasing influence...
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The Book of JavaScript, 2nd Edition pdf

The Book of JavaScript, 2nd Edition pdf

Ngày tải lên : 17/03/2014, 12:20
... store or hold the place of numbers. In JavaScript and other programming languages, variables also store other kinds of information. Syntax of Variables The syntax of variables (the set of rules ... JavaScript, on the other hand, <! is the beginning of a comment that reaches only to the end of that one line, so browsers that understand JavaScript don’t ignore the rest of the JavaScript ... occurrence of a trademarked name, we are using the names only in an editorial fashion and to the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intention of infringement of the trademark. The information...
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A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised pdf

A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised pdf

Ngày tải lên : 05/03/2014, 14:20
... architecture. In the North and West, meanwhile, under the growing institutions of the papacy and of the monastic orders and the emergence of a feudal civilization out of the chaos of the Dark Ages, the ... to harmonize in a building the requirements of utility and of beauty. It is the most useful of the fine arts and the noblest of the useful arts. It touches the life of man at every point. It ... resisted either by the massiveness of the abutments or by the opposition to it of counter-thrusts from other arches or vaults. Roman builders used the first, Gothic builders the second of these...
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Golf Resorts Where to Play in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica & the Caribbean 3rd Edition pdf

Golf Resorts Where to Play in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica & the Caribbean 3rd Edition pdf

Ngày tải lên : 31/03/2014, 23:20
... around the course, even if only one of you plays, is well worth the time. The backs of the homes are easy to see without the interference of gates and trees. These homes, many built in the heyday of ... adjacent to the pool; and the Grill at TPC. Don’t pass up the excellent grill at the course it - self. GOLF: The Stadium Course, home of the Phoenix Open, has one of the better layouts in the country. ... 85 California of the surf, the quiet solitude, or the nostalgia of the Crosby Tourna - ment. Or it may be the extraordinary list of famous guests who have stayed here. Until 1977, it was called The Del...
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the chemistry and technology of petroleum,3rd edition

the chemistry and technology of petroleum,3rd edition

Ngày tải lên : 02/04/2014, 16:09
... for the Migrabitumens Figure 2-13 Hypothetical geochemical routes for the origins of the different migrabitumens. Preface to the Third Edition Since the publication of the second edition, the ... evolu- tion with the inclusion of chapters on the structure of petroleum and the development of new technologies for refining the heavier feedstocks. The success of the first and second editions of this ... feature of residua and the heavier oils. Furthermore, the deeper the cut into the crude oil, the greater is the concentration of sulfur and metals in the residuum and the greater the deteriora- tion...
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