The Elements of Style
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Impressions
- al mshared an impression5 years ago
👍Worth reading💡Learnt A Lot🎯WorthwhileA nice guide, read it when I started a job in technical writing.
Quotes
- Loihas quoted8 months ago
In the names of business firms the last comma is omitted, as
Brown, Shipley and Company
The abbreviation etc., - Loihas quoted8 months agoExceptions are the possessives of ancient proper names in -es and -is, the possessive Jesus' , and such forms as for conscience' sake, for righteousness' sake. But such forms as Achilles' heel, Moses' laws, Isis' temple are commonly replaced by
the heel of Achilles
the laws of Moses
the temple of Isis
The pronominal possessives hers, its, theirs, yours, and oneself have no apostrophe. - Света Котинаhas quotedlast year
he abbreviation etc., even if only a single term comes before it, is always preceded by a comma.
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