III. Concord. IV. Words with Antecedents. V. Correlation. VI. Precautions for Clearness. 36. Be wise in using coördinate form for restrictive office. 37. Prepare for an important alternative or inference by correlating connectives. 38. Study correct usage in choosing particles of correlation. 39. Follow not . . . but, not only . . . but [also] by the same part of speech. 40. Do not leave out any form that is not accurately implied. 41. In condensing a clause, be wise to retain particles of relation. 42. Repeat whatever is necessary to grammar. 43. Repeat articles and possessives for each new idea. 44. Repeat a complex subject by a summarizing word. I. Force. III. SPECIAL OBJECTS IN STYLE. II. Emphasis. III. Rapidity. 45. For vigor of vocabulary, use plain< words. 46. To give force to single words, make them specific. 47. For weighty force, cut away modifiers. 48. For abrupt force, cut away connectives. 49. For condensed force, cut down phrases and clauses to equivalent words. 50. To add emphasis to a principal element, invert its sentence order. 51. To add emphasis to a modifier, place it after its principal. 52. To push expectation toward the end, put preliminaries first. 53. To add emphasis to a conditional clause, place it last. 54. Make successive terms advance from weaker to stronger. 55. For balance and distinction, repeat important words. 56. To touch an idea lightly, express it in comprehensive terms. 57. To make a clause or phrase rapid, give its substance in implication or by epithet. 58. Study how to pass lightly over relative clauses. 59. To make a subordinate clause unobtrusive, bury it within the sen tence. I. Unity of the II. Punctuation of the Sentence. IV. THE SENTENCE. 74. Make your sentence embody one main idea. 75. Test a composite thought by the relation of its clauses. 76. Test a group-thought by time, scene, or common bearing. 77. Designate expectation by the colon. 78. Set off members of a composite or group-thought by the semicolon. 79. Mark the natural pauses in the sense by the comma. 80. Mark an abrupt change or addition by the dash. III. Organism of 81. Begin with what it is most advisable |