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The Elements of Style 的13-19页上,有许多关于“逗号”的例子。我们在这里编译几个跟科技英语有关的例子。(Yes, I am cherry-picking.)
如果你的目标是写小说,应该看原版(免费下载):
http://www.jlakes.org/ch/web/The-elements-of-style.pdf
I. ELEMENTARY RULES OF USAGE
Follow this rule whatever the final consonant. Thus write,
Charles's friend
编译:辅音后面都是直接加 ’s,包括Charles 后面。
Charles's friend
Exceptions are the possessives of ancient proper names ending in -es and -is, the possessive Jesus', and such forms as for conscience' sake, for righteousness' sake. But such forms as Moses' Laws, Isis' temple are commonly replaced by
the laws of Moses
the temple of Isis
编译:惨就惨在那些“例外”的情况,比如es和is结尾时。
还有这些特殊情况:Jesus', for righteousness' sake。
The pronominal possessives hers, its, theirs, yours, and ours have no apostrophe.
这些(hers, its, theirs, yours, and ours)不加撇。
Indefinite pronouns, however, use the apostrophe to show possession.
下面这些需要加撇:
one's rights (某人的权利)
somebody else's umbrella (别人的伞)
A common error is to write it's for its, or vice versa. The first is a contraction, meaning "it is." The second is a possessive.
编译:It’s=It is 而its=它的
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1. 语态
2. 常用时态
3. 一些标点符号(句号、逗号,参考The Elements of Style I 1-7)
4. 常用句型(主语谓语的“一致性”,参考The Elements of Style)
5. 段落(参考The Elements of Style)
6. 修改、修改、再修改(简洁为上/逻辑性/一致性)
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