文体指南（插图版）THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE IL
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作者： William Strunk Jr. 著
出 版 社： Oversea Publishing House
出版时间： 2005-10-1字数：版次： 1页数： 147印刷时间： 2005/10/01开本： 16开印次： 1纸张： 胶版纸I S B N ： 9781594200694包装： 精装内容简介
Every English-language writer knows Strunk and White's famous little writing manual, The Elements of Style. Many people between the ages of seventeen and seventy can recite the book's mantra--make every word tell--and still refer to their tattered grade school copy when in need of a hint on how to make a turn of phrase clearer, or a reminder on how to enliven prose with the active voice. Considering that millions of copies have been sold to millions of devotees, you might not think to ask what could enhance this (almost) perfect classic. In fact, the addition of illustrations allows readers to experience the book's contents in a completely new way, making the whole learning experience more colorful and clear, as well as adding a whimsical element that compliments the subtly humorous tone of the prose. The Elements of Style Illustrated will come to be known as the definitive, must-have edition.
Maira Kalman is the offbeat and wildly talented illustrator of twelve children's books, numerous covers for The New Yorker magazine, fabrics for the fashion designers Isaac Mizrahi and Kate Spade, watches and accessories for the Museum of Modern Art, and a mural at the elegant Wavehill estate in Riverdale, among other projects. Her sophisticated and witty images that are yet bright and fanciful have won her a devoted following, especially among young urbanites. Maira Kalman is acknowledged by the E. B. White estate as the single artist trusted to illustrate the revered The Elements of Style.
The Elements of Style Illustrated brings a fresh immediacy to the well-loved, much-valued, and still on-point work that has become an institution. While giving the classic work a jolt of new energy to appeal to contemporary readers, Kalman's illustrations are hemselves timeless, designed to sit alongside the ever-enduring manual for another fifty years and more.
William Strunk and E. B. White's classic writing manual, The Elements of Style, has been enriched to include the vibrant, witty, and instantly recognizable images of Maira Kalman in a beautiful illustrated edition
In her own words: "born. bucolic childhood. culture-stuffed adolescence. played piano. stopped. danced. stopped. wrote. discarded writing. drew. reinstated writing. married Tibor Kalman and collaborated at iconoclastic yet successful design studio. wrote and painted children's books. worried. took up Ping-Pong. relaxed. wrote and painted for many magazines. cofounded the Rubber Band Society. amused. children: two. dog: one."
目录
FOREWORD by Roger Angell
INTRODUCTION to the 3 edition by E. B. White
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 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. AN APPROACH TO STYLE (with a List of Reminders)
1. Place yourself in the background
2. Write in a way that comes naturally
3. Work from a suitable design
4. Write with nouns and verbs
5. Revise and rewrite
6. Do not overwrite
7. Do not overstate
8. Avoid the use of qualifiers
9. Do not affect a breezy manner
10. Use orthodox spelling
11. Do not explain too much
