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The Elements of Style
1 The Elements of StyleStrunk, W., Jr. and White, RULES OF 21. Form the possessive singular of nouns with 's.. 22. In a series of three or more terms with a single conjunction, use a commaafter each term except the 33. Enclose parenthetic expressions between 34. Place a comma before and or but introducing an independent 45. Do not join independent clauses by a comma.. 56. Do not break sentences in two.. 57. A participial phrase at the beginning of a sentence must refer to thegrammatical 68. Divide words at line-ends, in accordance with their formation the word according to its formation:.. 7b. Divide "on the vowel:".. between double letters, unless they come at the end of thesimple form of the word:.. PRINCIPLES OF COMPOSITION .. 79. Make the paragraph the unit of composition: one paragraph to each topic.
1. Form the possessive singular of nouns with 's. Follow this rule whatever the final consonant. Thus write, Charles's friend Burns's poems the witch's malice This is the usage of the United States Government Printing Office and of the Oxford University Press. Exceptions are the possessives of ancient proper names in -es and -is, the
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