The Elements of Style
William Strunk
The founding classic of modern editing practice.
From the wiki
The Elements of Style is an American English writing style guide in numerous editions. The original was written by William Strunk Jr. in 1918, and it was 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
Strunk concentrated on the cultivation of good writing and composition; the original 1918 edition exhorted writers to "omit needless words," use the active voice, and employ parallelism appropriately.
Duration - 11h 46m.
Author - William Strunk.
Narrator - Charles Featherstone.
Published Date - Friday, 20 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2023 Chirag Patel ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
The founding classic of modern editing practice. From the wiki The Elements of Style is an American English writing style guide in numerous editions. The original was written by William Strunk Jr. in 1918, and it was 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 Strunk concentrated on the cultivation of good writing and composition; the original 1918 edition exhorted writers to "omit needless words," use the active voice, and employ parallelism appropriately. Duration - 11h 46m. Author - William Strunk. Narrator - Charles Featherstone. Published Date - Friday, 20 January 2023. Copyright - © 2023 Chirag Patel ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
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Elementary principles of composition 8 make the paragraph the unit of composition one paragraph to each topic
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As a rule, begin each paragraph with a topic sentence, end it in conformity with the beginning
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Use the active voice
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Put statements in the positive form
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Use definite, specific, concrete language
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Omit needless words
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Avoid a succession of loose sentences
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Express co ordinate ideas in similar form
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Keep related words together
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In summaries, keep to one tense
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Place the emphatic words of a sentence at the end
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A few matters of form
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Words and expressions commonly misused
Duration:25:48:17
Spelling
Duration:01:31:15
Words often misspelled
Duration:01:50:20
Exercises on chapters ii and iii i punctuate
Duration:02:06:43
Explain the difference in meaning
Duration:00:23:42
Explain and correct the errors in punctuation
Duration:03:51:57
Ending Credits
Duration:00:22:39