威廉斯特伦克(William Strunk),曾担任常春藤盟校康奈尔大学英语系教授,有着近50年的教学经验,是英语语法和写作文法方面的专家,其所著的英文写作指导书《风格的要素》(The Elements of Style)被奉为英语写作圣经,也荣获多项殊荣,成为享誉全球的英文写作畅销经典。
熊锡源,中山大学外国语学院文学博士,中山大学出版社副编审,中山大学南方学院副教授,教授的课程包括英美报刊选读翻译理论与实践中国翻译史英汉语言对比以及翻译与文化等;曾在《译苑新谭》《编辑学刊》等学术期刊发表过文章,并出版过译著《专栏写作的艺术》及华研外语的考试辅导书《专八真题》。
分册2:英文本
INTRODUCTION
I. ELEMENTARY RULES OF USAGE
1. Form the possessive singular of nouns by adding ’s.
2. In a series of three or more terms with a single conjunction, use a comma after each term except the last.
3. Enclose parenthetic expressions between commas.
4. Place a comma before a conjunction introducing an independent clause.
5. Do not join independent clauses with a comma.
6. Do not break sentences in two.
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.
10. Use the proper case of pronoun.
11. A participial phrase at the beginning of a sentence must refer to the grammatical subject.
II. ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF COMPOSITION
12. Choose a suitable design and hold to it.
13. Make the paragraph the unit of composition.
14. Use the active voice.
15. Put statements in positive form.
16. Use definite, specific, concrete language.
17. Omit needless words.
18. Avoid a succession of loose sentences.
19. Express coordinate ideas in similar form.
20. Keep related words together.
21. In summaries, keep to one tense.
22. Place the emphatic words of a sentence at the end.
III. A FEW MATTERS OF FORM
IV. WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS COMMONLY MISUSED
V. SPELLING