Notes on the composition of scientific papers / by T. Clifford Allbutt.

  • Thomas Clifford Allbutt
Date:
1905
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    CONTENTS CHAPTEE I PAGE INTRODUCTORY ....... 1 Fashion of academic essays, 1. Their purpose, 2. Choice of subjects of scientific essays, 3. Their titles, 7. Definitions, 7. Form, 8. Methods of composing, 11. Revisions, 12. Logic of an essay, 17. Summaries, 19. Beginnings and ends, 20. References, 24. Dictation, 25. Anyhow will do! 26. Precision, 27. Formalism, 32. Growth and decay in language, 33. Gaucliness, 35. Slang, 38. Obsolescent words, 41. CHAPTER II On Composition ....... 44 Creation of instrument of language, 44. Grammar, 46. The chapter, 64. The paragraph, 66. The sen¬ tence, 68. Order of clauses, 70. Suspension, 76. Split infinitive, 80. Chopping sentences, 83. Order of words, 85. Choice of words, 91. Etymology, 91. Parts of speech, 94. Feeble verbs, 94. Exuberance of adjective, 95. Meagre vocabulary, 96. Tags and mannerisms, 98. Misused words, 100-123. Superfine words, 123. Misused Latin words, 126. Tautology and redundancy, 127. Emphasis, 135. Metaphor, 139. Abstract style, 143. Quotations, 144. Sound, 147.- Accent, 153. Punctuation, 154. Little counsels, 158. Models of prose, 160.
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