韦氏简明写作手册

本书在为读者提供既详尽又简明的写作实用技术指南，藉以发展与提高写 作技能.旨全书共分九章.本书由韦氏出版公司的资深编辑，积多年著述及编校 的宝贵经验编纂而成的.内容全面实用，简明扼要.深入浅出，不仅是英文作 者、编辑和校对工作者必备的工具书，又是一切致力于提高写作水平的英语学 习者不可缺少的参考资料.

Preface vii Chapter 1 Punctuation 1 General Principles. Ampersand. Apostrophe. Brackets Colon. Comma. Dash. Ellipsis Points. Exclamation Point. Hyphen. Parentheses. Period. Question Mark Quotation Marks, Double. Quotation Marks, Single. Semicolon. Virgule. Chapter 2 Capitals, Italics, and Quotation Marks Beginnings. Proper Nouns, Pronouns, and Adjectives Other Uses of Capitals. Other Uses of Italics. Chapter 3 Plurals, Possessives, and Compounds Plurals Possessives Compounds Chapter 4 Abbreviations Punctuation. Capitalization. Plurals, Possessives and Compounds. Specific Styling Conventions. Chapter 5 The Treatment of Numbers Numbers as Words or Figures. Ordinal Numbers. Roman Numerals. Punctuation, Spacing, and Inflection Specific Styling Conventions. vi Contents Chapter 6 Composition and Grammar Parts of Speech Phrases Clauses Sentences Paragraphs. Chapter 7 Notes and Bibliographies Footnotes and Endnotes. Parenthetical References. Bibliographies and Lists of References. Special Cases Chapter 8 The Treatment of Quotations Choosing between Run-in and Block Quotations Styling Block Quotations. Alterations, Omissions, and Interpolations. Quoting Verse. Attribution of Sources Chapter 9 Copyediting and Proofreading Manuscript Format. Copyediting the Manuscript Special Text Elements. Galley Proofs. Page Proofs. Index