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    “The Elements of Style” by Strunk and White introduction to philosophy is that a writer should be brief and concise with their words. The most important rule of style in Strunk and White element of style is “omit needless words!” This means that a sentence should not contain anything extra. E. B. White describes him as someone that puts his heart and soul with rules of usage. He is very dedicated to writing and wrote down the commonly misused words in a book to help people learn the English language

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    After I read the book, “The Elements of style,” by William Strunk JR. and E.B White I felt so excited to find something that would improve and instruct my educational writing. While I was reading the book I was like “wow this is so interesting and enlightening”. Throughout my school education I’ve been incorrectly using the grammar rules, some words and expressions that I thought they meant what I was thinking but in the other hand they were totally different from what I thought it was. Even there

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    Strunk and White’s “Elements of Style” A typical science fiction fan can be more familiar about Star Trek and it’s characters than some of their own family members. For those that are not all that familiar with this “Sci Fi” show, Star Trek remains as a very well known icon in television history. The crew of the Starship Enterprise traveled to mysterious planets, through mysterious galaxies. I wonder if this journey couldn’t be compared to the journey of style for the writer.

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    William Strunk Jr., an English professor at Cornell University in 1919 required his students to have the textbook The Elements of Style, written by William Strunk Jr. himself. It was referred to as the “little” book and was a forty-three-page summary of the case for cleanliness, accuracy and brevity in the use of English (Strunk & White, 2000). These rules are in the form of sharp commands, shining light on Sergeant Strunk’s personality and approach to teaching. E.B. White, a former student of Strunk

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    variables are numerous, the influences many, and sometimes there are just those things you can't put your finger on. Some things pop right out in your mind and others, well, they take a little more digging. What or who is it that shaped my leadership style? That's a question that, for me is an easy one. I come from a large Italian family. Like many families of my time, we didn't have much as my father was the only bread winner. But he worked hard, put food on the table, and always took time out of

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    Style Elements and “Harrison Bergeron” It is quite difficult to detail a dystopian future without thinking about the variables. What time period shall it be? What new laws will be enacted to cause the dystopia? How will the characters be portrayed, and what shall be their challenges? These variables would be enough to repel authors from this topic, but one author managed to perfectly describe a dystopian future with his short piece, “Harrison Bergeron.” This short story, written by Kurt Vonnegut

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    In the novel Gilead by Marilynne Robinson, the fictional aspects of style as well as the relationship construct between father and son, are two of the many elements that build into the construction of the climatic character Jack Boughton. In the novel Gilead, the style in which it is composed is that of a journal entry. Since we receive the story from the John Ames’ point of view, it would seem that the tone and flow of the story would be direct, but after further analysis it seems as though Robinson

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    CSS or Cascading Style Sheet is a language used to format a document written in a markup language such as HTML. It is used primarily to format elements such as colour, font, layout, and positioning. CSS can be used in three different ways. External, embedded and inline. Each of which I will expand on later. CSS was initially released in December 1996 and has evolved through 4 levels, CSS 1, 2, 2.1 and 3.
 CSS gives web designers the ability to create 'rules ' and apply these rules to multiple different

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    CSS positioning allows us to control element positioning and visibility. Dynamic CSS allows us to control element positioning and visibility. Table 2.1.1: DHTML Technologies Advantages Let us look at some of the advantages of DHTML: • It is supported by major browsers (Microsoft and Netscape) • It is a standard website and

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    Key elements of contemporary style interior design Quite often modern and contemporary style interior design are considered as similar or even identical. But this is common mistake, and these are two different styles each having its own history and distinctive features. In this article, we will find out what characteristics contemporary style interior has, and how to use this style to make room comfortable, functional and cozy. First, it should be noted that contemporary style was formed in the second

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