The Elements of Style经典读后感有感

　　《The Elements of Style》是一本由William Strunk / E. B. White著作，Longman出版的Hardcover图书，本书定价：USD 15.95，页数：105，特精心从网络上整理的一些读者的读后感，希望对大家能有帮助。

　　《The Elements of Style》精选点评：

　　●141229想读。Mar 2015 got from the book thing at Baltimore. 180729读过。而the book thing已经烧毁。时过境迁。good things don't last forever. but at least there's hope.

　　●读的应该是1950年版的，电子版，只有50多页

　　●经典的意义在于每回重新细读时都有不同的体会，一本具有生命力的书。

　　●Read this every year till the day I retire.

　　●dos and don'ts on writing.

　　●短小精悍。适合踌躇满志的新手作家，不适合英文写作处于凑字数阶段的国人，don'ts太多了。

　　●道理都很好...但是高中时感觉都深入学习过中文化后的内容了- - 却不知道要读几遍才能领悟。

　　●for GMAT，对把握SC的倾向有一定帮助

　　●A must-have for English learners, a Bible of succinctness and elegance, a Mondrian dress in ink.

　　●实用，粗读一遍还不够吧。

　　《The Elements of Style》读后感(一)：一本精炼的书

　　先弄清楚，这本书是个小册子，就像一个家用电器的说明书。或许作者的目的就是把它写成这样。

　　最直观的，书告诉你怎么做，但却很少告诉你为什么这么做。

　　如果你是个喜欢听按照别人的话照办的人，恭喜你，你选对了。应该没有哪本书比这个更好，在这个角度讲。

　　但如果你是个对世间公理没感觉，无论是因为没有经验的前提下，无法体会其字字珠玑的奥妙，还是简单的就是对缺乏讲解的东西看不下去，这本书，你读过以后就跟没读一样，说明书的感觉油然而生。

　　如果你经历过写作的大风大浪，你再读这本书，嗯，有感觉了，似乎句句都在理。

　　另一位写写作的书的人给的一个建议是：每年读一次！看来是深有体会的人啊。

　　总结：不是每个人都能理解，或喜欢这本书，别跟着别人屁股后面不动脑子。真想点赞，等读完任何其他的十本书，再来。

　　《The Elements of Style》读后感(二)：值得一看的英文写作书

　　看这本书是因为英语e书房管理员写了强烈推荐，加之张五常和董桥的两篇推荐文章，才知道这本小册子在英文写作界的知名度。

　　先是花了两天的时间听完这本书的音频。一开始很吃力，因为之前就没有好好学过语法，对于标点符号的单词完全不认识。都是一边听一篇用灵格斯查词。听完一篇就开始认真看书了。从网上又找到这本书的翻译，陈一鸣翻译的，还蛮不错。这样中英文结合着看总算能搞懂里面所要表达的东西。

　　这本书风格明了，作者用命令的语气，用极其精简的语言，告诉我们如何避免英文写作中的问题。

　　看了非常惭愧自己以前写的邮件，发现很多自己卖弄的东西都是些华而不实的。呵呵，想起反对浮夸风的运动了。

　　顺带提下，这本书的翻译为《风格的艺术》更为神似。《英文写作指南》倒像是这本书的内容简介或是说明。

　　这本书的电子版和音频英语e书房有提供。

　　《The Elements of Style》读后感(三)：Words from The LITTLE BOOK

　　在introduction中E. B. White说这本书被称作'the little book'，确如不足100页的4b1纸，几乎装下了所有学术写作必备的tips。

　　对我说的是学术写作，写小说的朋友看了这本书大约觉得过时或者刻板，写网络爽文的朋友看了大概更是觉得不爽。但是对于学术写作来说，这本书真是不可多得的tool for life。

Omit needless words!" cries the author on page 23.

　　的确如此，去掉所有不需要的字是这本书的核心。正因删掉所有冗文，它才能被称之为“小书”，让每一个没有被删掉的字像呐喊一样震撼读者的感官。

When a sentence is made stronger, it usually becomes shorter. Thus brevity is a by-product of vigor.

　　正如

万岁！

p18: rule14 Use the active voice

　　这可能是很多GRE写作老师都会给学生的建议，少用被动；但是我也听过很多雅思老师跟学生讲大作文至少要用一个被动（扶额）（此处应有插图）

　　抛开这些标准化考试不说，单纯从学术期刊和法律文献来看，嗯被动确实不怎么会用到，因为啰嗦

p19 rule15 Make definite assertions!

Use 'not' as a means of denial or in antithesis, never as a means of evasion

　　能用colorless就别用withour color or no color，能用unhappy就别用not happy;书中的例子也是特别好：

　　He was not very often on time.

　　2: He ususally came late.

　　he did not think that studying Latin was a sensible way to use one's time.

　　2: She thought the study of Latin a waste of time.

　　等等。

　　这一条的核心还是间断，有力，清晰。

If your every sentence admits a doubt, your writing will lack authority

　　少用条件状语，少用假设，做一个坦坦荡荡的作者，好好摆事实，讲道理，分析数据，别指望在《经济学人》上发表诗。

p21 rule16 Use definite, specific, concrete language

　　excellent examples there followed the explanation;

　　In proportion as the manners, customs, and amusements of a nation are cruel and barbarous, the regulations of its penal code will be severe.

　　2: In proportion as men delight in battles, bull-fights, and combats of gladiators, will they punish by hanging, burning, and the rack.

　　An excellent example turned vague and general into vivid and particular.

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Avoid starting a sentence with however when the meaning is 'nevertheless'. When 'however' comes first, it means 'in whatever way' or 'to whatever extent'

　　However, I am a jerk.

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　　In the last analysis.

　　A bankrupt expression.

　　哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈！！！！！！！！！！！！

　　Hopefully

Such use is not merely wrong, it is silly. To say' Hopefully I'll leave on the noon plane' is to talk nonsense. Do you mean you will leave on the noon plane in a hopeful frame of mind？ Or do you mean you hope you will leave on the noon plane？

　　老头子太坏了！

　　Facility

Why must jails, hospitals, and schools suddenly become' facilities'？

　　这绝壁是很多很多（我见过的）雅思考生写作经常犯的毛病，然后洋洋自得so－called同义替换。

　　In terms of

A piece of padding usually best omitted.

　　Interesting

Also to be avoid in introduction is the word FUNNY. Nothing becomes funny by being labeled so.

　　Thus why the word interesting itself is somehow drained to say something not interesting at all.

　　和拍电影一样，好的电影用镜头讲故事，而非旁边甚至对白；好的文章用内容打动读者，而非告诉读者这是一篇很打动人的文章。

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　　Avoid fancy words

　　比如说我特别爱用“葳蕤”，“孑孓“，“蚊蚋”，寐钦“

　　还特别爱用amor vincit omnia; kyss mig; per aspera ad astra; Al amor y a ti los conoci al mismo liempo;

　　用完以后觉得自己倍儿有文化，但是一切不为文章本身服务的fancy words或者一切不以作者自high为目的的fancy words都是耍（装）流（逼）逼。

Avoid the elaborate, the pretentious, the coy, and the cute.

　　翻译成中文：别那么郭敬明

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　　《The Elements of Style》读后感(四)：THE ELEMENTS OF SPAM

　　Y JASON ROEDER

　　(Excerpts courtesy of William Strunk Jr., E.B. White, and Generouss Q. Factotum.)

　　Elementary Rules of Usage

　　I. Form the possessive of nouns by adding ’s, just an apostrophe, just an s, a semicolon, a w, an ampersand, a 9, or anything.

　　My wifesd*porcupine hot pix for u.

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

　　Upon receiving this couppon, the free iPOds will greet you!

　　The introductory phrase modifies you, not iPOds; therefore, it is necessary to recast the sentence.

　　Upon receiving this couppon, you will be greeted by the free iPOds!

　　Or, better still (see Rule 14).

　　This couppon entitles you to greetings from the free iPOds!

　　Elementary Principles of Composition

　　14. Use the active voice.

　　otice how aloof the passive voice is:

　　Your balls are to be slurped the most by cum-starved nymphos!!!!!

　　Hardly persuasive. The five exclamation points feel tacked on, an attempt by an inexperienced writer to breathe life into a desiccated construction. The active voice, however, allows you to write with verve and straightforwardness.

　　Cum-starved nymphos will slurp your balls the most!!!!!

　　16. Use definite, specific, concrete language.

　　Generalities enervate your writing; strong details invigorate it.

　　In short order, you’ll notice enhanced length and girth.

　　What is meant by “short order”？ A week？ A month？ The imprecision is suspicious. Further, avoid bankrupt modifiers such as enhanced. Rewrite with exactness.

　　Your exactly one week away from an 11-inch jizz stick.

　　A Few Matters of Form

　　Colloquialisms

　　If you absolutely must use slang or colloquialisms in your spam, simply use them. Don’t wink at the reader.

　　Our so-called “carpet munchers” will ride your “cum rocket” then gobble down what’s sometimes referred to as “baby batter.”

　　Although you’ve successfully called attention to your mastery of pornographic euphemism, you’ve written a punchless sentence. Rewrite without the quotes, the clutter, and the pretension.

　　Quotations

　　Formal quotations cited as documentary evidence are introduced by a colon and enclosed in quotation marks.

　　Hey, bob_r_mail0899, the New York Times’ said this to me: “bob_r_mail0899 has lost his hair and is unsexy now to his wife!”

　　Words and Expressions Commonly Misused

　　I. Comprise.

　　Means “include” or “embrace.” Not to be confused with constitute. Your free online pharmacy comprises no-preｓｃｒｉｐｔion Lunesta, herbal Ecstasy, and a secret formula that will make her moan all of the night. These items constituteyour online pharmacy.

　　II. Your best friends wants the freest Rolexes, jane_wb_rollins323@yahoo.com.

　　Avoid this hideous cliché.

　　摘自 McSWEENEY’S Internet Tendency