tailieunhanh - The elements of style part 5

The Elements of Style, when I reexamined it in 1957, seemed to me to contain rich deposits of gold. It was Will Strunk's pan/urn opus, his attempt to cut the vast tangle of English rhetoric down to size and write its rules and principles on the head of a pin. Will himself had hung the tag "little11 on the book | For more material and information please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at Latin breathe across or through. It is correct however in the sense of become known. Eventually the grim account of his villainy transpired literally leaked through or out . Try. Takes the infinitive try to mend it not try and mend it. Students of the language will argue that try and has won through and become idiom. Indeed it has and it is relaxed and acceptable. But try to is precise and when you are writing formal prose try and write try to. Type. Not a synonym for kind of. The examples below are common vulgarisms. that type employee that kind of employee I dislike that type publicity. I dislike that kind of publicity. small homelike hotels a new type plane a new type plane a plane of a new design new kind Unique. Means without like or equal. Hence there can be no degrees of uniqueness. It was the most unique coffee maker on the market. It was a unique coffee maker. The balancing act was very unique. The balancing act was unique. Of all the spiders the one that lives in a bubble under water is the most unique. Among spiders the one that lives in a bubble under water is unique. Utilize. Prefer use. I utilized the facilities. I used the toilet. He utilized the dishwasher. He used the dishwasher. Verbal. Sometimes means word for word and in this sense may refer to something expressed in writing. Oral from Latin os mouth limits the meaning to what is transmitted by speech. Oral agreement is more precise than verbal agreement. Very. Use this word sparingly. Where emphasis is necessary use words strong in themselves. While. Avoid the indiscriminate use of this word for and but and although. Many writers use it frequently as a substitute for and or but either from a mere desire to vary the connective or from doubt about which of the two connectives is more appropriate. In this use it is best replaced by a semicolon. The office and salesrooms are on the ground The office and .