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iii. His speech was marked by disagreement and scorn for his
opponents position! His speech was marked by disagreement
with and scorn for his opponents position
iv. It was both a long ceremony and very tedious!The ceremony was
both long and tedious
v. A time not for words but [for] action
20. Keep related words together.
i. He noticed a large stain in the rug that was right in the center!He
noticed a large stain in the center of the rug
ii. The subject of a sentence and the principal verb should not be
separated
1. Toni Morrison, in Beloved, writes about characters who
have escaped from slavery but are haunted by its
heritage!In Beloved, Toni Morrison writes about
characters who have escaped from slavery but are haunted
by its heritage
2. A dog, if you fail to discipline him, becomes a household
pest! Unless disciplined, a dog becomes a household pest
iii. Interposing a phrase or a clause interrupts the flow of the main
clause. The relative pronoun should come immediately after its
antecedent.
1. There was a stir in the audience that suggested
disapproval!A stir that suggested disapproval swept the
audience
iv. If the antecedent consists of a group of words, the relative comes at
the end of the group
1. The Superintendent of the Chicago Division, who
v. A noun in apposition may come between the antecedent and
relative
1. The Duke of York, his brother, who was regarded with the
hostility by the Whigs
vi. Modifiers should come, if possible, next to the word they modify
1. All the members were not present!Not all the members
were present
2. She only found two mistakes!She found only two
mistakes
21. In summaries, keep to one tense.
i. Summarizing the action of drama!present tense
ii. Poems, stories, or novel!present tense, you may use past tense if
it seems more natural
iii. Keep same tense throughout your writing
22. Place the emphatic words of a sentence at the end
i. The proper place in the sentence for the word or group of words
that the writer desired to make most prominent is usually the end
1. humanity has hardly advanced in fortitude since that time,
though it has advanced in many other ways!Since that
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Approach to Style
a. Place yourself in the background
i. Draw readers attention to the sense and substance of writing
ii. If writing is solid and good, the mood an temper of the writer wil
be revealed
iii. A careful and honest writer does not need to worry about the
background
b. Write in a way that comes naturally
i. Write naturally using words and phrases that come readily to hand
ii. Do not be afraid to imitate, for it is almost impossible not to
c. Work from a suitable design
i. Before composing something, gauge the nature an extent of the
enterprise and work from a suitable design
ii. Do your best to anticipate what you are getting into
iii. Sometimes emotions are more compelling than designs
d. Write with nouns and verbs
i. Write with nouns and verbs, not adjectives and adverbs
ii. Its nouns and verbs that gives good writing its toughness
e. Revise and rewrite
i. Always check over your work because it is never perfect on the
first try
ii. Do not be afraid to experiment with what you have written
f. Do not overwrite
i. Always avoid writing excessively and remember to reread your
writing
g. Do not overstate
i. When you overstate, your readers will be on guard
ii. A single overstatement diminished the whole
h. Avoid the use of qualifiers
i. Rather, very, little , prettyare qualifiers
i. Do not affect a brezzy manner
i. Often the work of an egocentric
ii. Avoid slang and dullness
j. Use orthodox spelling
i. Do not write nite for night or thru for through, pleez for please
k. Do not explain too much