书籍介绍
The Elements of Style is a prescriptive American English writing style guide in numerous editions. The original was composed by William Strunk Jr., in 1918, and published by Harcourt, in 1920, comprising eight "elementary rules of usage", ten "elementary principles of composition", "a few matters of form", a list of 49 "words and expressions commonly misused", and a list of 57 "words often misspelled". E. B. White greatly enlarged and revised the book for publication by Macmillan in 1959. That was the first edition of the so-called "Strunk & White", which Time named in 2011 as one of the 100 best and most influential books written in English since 1923.
AI导读
核心看点
- 精炼的英文写作规范，强调清晰有力的表达
- 提供主动语态、正面表达等实用写作原则
- 经典风格指南，被奉为英文写作圣经
适合谁读
- 需要提升英文写作能力的学生与作者
- 从事新闻、学术或商务写作的专业人士
- 希望规范英语表达习惯的语言学习者
读前提醒
- 部分规则略显陈旧，建议结合现代指南阅读
- 可作为写作检查清单，反复查阅参考
- 不必迷信权威，需结合语境灵活运用
读者共识
- 内容言简意赅，是入门级写作必备手册
- 虽被指部分过时，但核心原则依然有效
- 对纠正常见误用和冗余表达有显著帮助
本导读基于书籍简介、目录、原文摘录、短评和书评生成，不等同于全文精读。
精彩摘录
- "规则十四：使用主动语态：使得文章显得生动有力。 eg.There were a great number of dead lives lying on the ground 应为：Dead leaves covered the ground. 规则十五：话要从正面说，避免使用沉闷单调，吞吞吐吐，含糊暧昧的语言。 例如：他认为学习拉丁语不是一种明智的利用时间的方法。 应为：他认为学习拉丁语浪费时间。 规则十六：使用肯定、明确、具体的词语 说话务必明确、肯定、具体，切忌笼统、含糊、抽象。 例如：一段不佳的天气开始了。 应为：一星期来天天下雨。 例如：他获得应有的报酬之后很满意。 应为：他一面把钱装"
- "Careful writers, watchful for small conveniences, go which-hunting, remove the defining whiches, and by so doing improve their work."
- "“Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.” This moral observation would have no place in a rule book were it not that style is the 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 "
- "“Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.” This moral observation would have no place in a rule book were it not that style is the 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 "
- "Your whole duty as a writer is to please and satisfy yourself, and the true writer always plays to an audience of one. Start sniffing the air, or glancing at the Trend Machine, and you are as good as dead, although you may make a nice living."
- "Full of belief, sustained and elevated by the power of purpose, armed with the rules of grammar, you are ready to exposure."
- "Your whole duty as a writer is to please and satisfy yourself, and the true writer always plays to an audience of one. Start sniffing the air, or glancing at the Trend Machine, and you are as good as dead, although you may make a nice living."
- "Full of belief, sustained and elevated by the power of purpose, armed with the rules of grammar, you are ready to exposure."
用户评论
文学写作的超基础知识，一些句子结构的优化还是很适合我这种手残党的，求靠谱的逻辑书啊抱头！！
2017
:H315/S927/4th.ed.
最近常常反复的读。。。发觉谋篇分段的地方，对中文也很适用。。。
最近接受一个网站的采访。其中一个问题是，给你最大影响的书是什么？
我给出的答案是 strunk & white 「the elements of style」。
我是在高中的时候读到这本书的。多年后才知道这是一本经典之作。但当时只是在高中那个收藏并不丰富的图书馆里，想找本英文写作的书。我当时正在考虑申请美国大学。而美国大学申请材料中，最重要的内容是文书，也就是 essays. 于是我想找本美国人写的有关写作的书来看看。
「Style」 这本书非常简短。与其说是一本书，更象是一本小手册。初版的时候仅仅几十页。增订再版，也不过100 页。里面讲的是一些列英语写作的规范，常见错误，用词，句式上的的好的做法，配以范例。比如：
写作原则12：put statements in posit
从医院回来的路上看完了，感觉就像身体和精神都被修理了一遍😂
有好多地方还蛮颠覆我的认知的！读起来也不累 推😎
很有用，作者还很犀利，“Unless you are operating such a truck and hence are concerned with the safety of children and illiterates, use inflammable” 笑死人了
好用
chapter4最受益，恨不得一条一条全文搜索一遍我写过的essay，恐怕是处处踩雷😀这本小书背后的故事也很有些味道，前后记遥相呼应，重师传承的情怀让人感动
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