韋氏簡明寫作手冊

內容介紹

本書在為讀者提供既詳盡又簡明的寫作實用技術指南，藉以發展與提高寫

作技能.旨全書共分九章.本書由韋氏出版公司的資深編輯，積多年著述及編校

的寶貴經驗編纂而成的.內容全面實用，簡明扼要.深入淺出，不僅是英文作

者、編輯和校對工作者必備的工具書，又是一切致力於提高寫作水平的英語學

習者不可缺少的參考資料.

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Chapter 1

Punctuation 1

General Principles. Ampersand. Apostrophe. Brackets

Colon. Comma. Dash. Ellipsis Points. Exclamation

Point. Hyphen. Parentheses. Period. Question Mark

Quotation Marks, Double. Quotation Marks, Single.

Semicolon. Virgule.

Chapter 2

Capitals, Italics, and Quotation Marks

Beginnings. Proper Nouns, Pronouns, and Adjectives

Other Uses of Capitals. Other Uses of Italics.

Chapter 3

Plurals, Possessives, and Compounds

Plurals Possessives Compounds

Chapter 4

Abbreviations

Punctuation. Capitalization. Plurals, Possessives and

Compounds. Specific Styling Conventions.

Chapter 5

The Treatment of Numbers

Numbers as Words or Figures. Ordinal Numbers. Roman

Numerals. Punctuation, Spacing, and Inflection Specific

Styling Conventions.

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Chapter 6

Composition and Grammar

Parts of Speech Phrases Clauses Sentences

Paragraphs.

Chapter 7

Notes and Bibliographies