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Perfect Your Writing
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On the Decay of the Art of Lying
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The Author's Craft: Part I Seeing Life
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Part II Writing Novels
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Part III Writing Plays
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Part IV The Artist and the Public
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The Elements of Style: I Introductory
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2. In a series of three or more terms with a single conjunction, use a comma after each term except the last
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II Elementary Rules of Usage 1. form the possessive singular of nouns by adding 's
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3. Enclose parenthetic expressions between commas
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4. Place a comma before a conjunction introducing a co-ordinate clause
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5. Do not join independent clauses by a comma
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6. Do not break sentences in two
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7. A participial phrase at the beginning of a sentence must refer to the grammatical subject
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III Elementary Principles of Composition 8. Make the paragraph the unit of composition one paragraph to each topic
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9. As a rule, begin each paragraph with a topic sentence, end it in conformity with the beginning
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10. use the active voice
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11. Put statements in the positive form
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12. Use definite, specific, concrete language
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13. Omit needless words
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14. Avoid a succession of loose sentences
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15. Express co ordinate ideas in similar form
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16. Keep related words together
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17. In summaries, keep to one tense
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18. Place the emphatic words of a sentence at the end
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IV A Few Matters of Form
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V Words and Expressions Commonly Misused
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VI Spelling
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Words Often Misspelled
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VII Exercises on Chapters II and III - I. Punctuate
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II. Explain the Difference in Meaning
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Explain and Correct the Errors in Punctuation
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Closing
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