( 中文版 )

推薦序 -------- 黃宣範

推薦序 -------- 王卓群

導? 讀 -------- 李紀舍

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序言

第一章　前言

第二章　語法基本規則

規則1.用「’s」形成單數名詞所有格

規則2.有三個以上詞組並列，而且以一個連接詞連接時，每個詞組之後都要緊接逗號，唯獨最後一個詞組除外

規則3.插入語前後均須使用逗號夾註

規則4.以and或but帶出獨立子句時，and或but前要加逗號

規則5.勿以逗號連接獨立子句

規則6.勿將一個完整句子誤斷為二句

規則7.置於句首的分詞片語所省略的主詞，須與主要子句為同一主詞

規則8.行末有需要斷字時，要依字的組成及發音規則斷字

第三章　寫作基本原則

規則9.以段落為寫作的基礎單位，一段一個主題

規則10. 原則上每段都要以主題句（topic sentence）開始；段落結尾要緊扣主題句

規則11.用主動語態

規則12.用肯定語氣陳述

規則13.刪去無用字詞

規則14.避免使用一連串鬆散句型

規則15.用相似的句型表達對等的概念

規則16.相關的字詞要放在一起

規則17.作摘要時，要用同一個時態

規則18.欲強調的字詞，要放在句尾

第四章　寫作格式注意事項

第五章　常見誤用字詞

第六章　常拼錯的單字

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( 英文版 )

PREFACE

I? INTRODUCTORY II? ELEMENTARY RULES OF USAGE

1. Form the possessive singular of nouns withs

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 and or but introducing an independent clause?

5. Do not join independent clauses by a comma

6. Do not break sentences in two

7. A participial phrase at the beginning of a sentence must refer to the grammatical subject?

8. Divide words at line-ends, in accordance with their formation and pronunciation

III? ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF COMPOSITION

9. Make the paragraph the unit of composition: one paragraph to each topic?

10. As a rule, begin each paragraph with a topic sentence; end it in conformity with the beginning?

11. Use the active voice

12. Put statements in positive form

13. Omit needless words

14. Avoid a succession of loose sentences

15. Express co-ordinate ideas in similar form

16. Keep related words together

17. In summaries, keep to one tense

18. Place the emphatic words of a sentence at the end

IV? A Few Matters of Form

V? Words and Expressions Commonly Misused

VI? Words Often Misspelled

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