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Basics of writing: The Elements of Style

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Amanda Pérez

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Basics of writing: The Elements of Style

Members: Mikaela Jibaja, Amelia Medina, Amarise Ortega, Amanda Pérez

A participial phrase at the beginning of a sentence must refer to

the grammatical subject

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

When we begin a sentence in participle, the beginning phrase must always refer to the grammatical subject and the phrases that precede by a conjunction or by a preposition, nouns in apposition, adjectives and adjective phrases need to follow the same rule if they begin the sentence.

Divide “on the vowel:”

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

If there is space at the end of a line for one or more syllables of a word, but not for the entire word, divide the word, but do not cut a single letter, or two letters of a long word. The most frequently applicable principles are:

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

Divide between double letters, unless they come at the end of the simple

form of the word:

Make the paragraph the unit of composition: one paragraph to

each topic

If the topic you are writing about is a small one, or if you want to treat it briefly, maybe you don´t need to subdivide it into topics.

A novel might be discussed under the heads:

A. Setting.

B. Plot.

C. Characters.

D. Purpose.

In dialogue, each speech, even if only a single word, is a paragraph by itself; that is, a new paragraph begins with each change of speaker.