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On the watch for mannerism Avoid being mechanical ―He that has once studiously formed a style, rarely writes afterwards with complete ease‖ Matthew Arnold’s style：style is the man An instrument forged once for all
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Euphony’s danger: monotony Example: George Moore
Poor Wrote on wrapping paper with a blunt pencil
Musical English Misty languor
Monotony
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Repetition of a sound --beauty
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―Trivial and obvious instances‖ ―Many writers without distress will put two rhyming words together, join a monstrous long adjective to a monstrous long noun, or between the end of one word and the beginning of another have a conjunction of consonants that almost breaks your jaw.‖ No ear Word: weight, sound, appearance good to look at good to listen to
中文：动听？悦耳之音？悦音？
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Both writers and readers are devoid of the sensitiveness of the ear.
Poem
Alliteration
Prose
Alliteration should be used only for a special reason Accidental use disagreeable
DICTIONARY OF MODERN ENGLISH USAGE
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage, written by Henry W. Fowler, is a style guide to British English usage, pronunciation, and writing.
―Henry W. Fowler’s general approach to English usage was to encourage a direct, vigorous writing style, and to oppose all artificiality — firmly advising against unnecessarily convoluted sentence construction and the use of foreign words and phrases and archaisms. He opposed all pedantry, and notably ridiculed artificial grammar rules not warranted by natural English usage, such as bans on split infinitives and on ending a sentence with a preposition, rules on the placement of the word only, and distinctions between which and that. He also condemned every cliché whilst simultaneously defending useful distinctions , between words whose meanings were coalescing in practice, and guiding the user away from errors of word misuse, and illogical sentence construction.‖ --Wikipedia
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Idiom: backbone of language Racy phrase 锋利见血之辞 How to understand this sentence? ―He was no slavish admirer of logic and was willing enough to give usage right of way through the exact demesnes（领地 ）of grammar.‖ Right of way：the right to pass through Fowler considered the usage prior to the established grammar when conflicts took place.
French vs. English: French: grammatical and natural English: voice dominated during writing Example: personal experience ― I do not write as I want to; I write as I can.‖
Lucidity, Simplicity, Euphony
By W. Somerset Maugham
闫璐瑶
Paragraph 7,8,9
The last of the three characteristics
Euphony
PARAGRAPH 7
“Whether you ascribe the importance to euphony, …must depend on the sensitiveness of your ear” Euphony: definition A harmonious succession of words having a pleasing sound --Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
Hale Waihona Puke PARAGRAPH 8
English grammar is so difficult that few writers have avoided making mistakes. Example: Henry James Grammar: important, ―…grammar is common speech formulated.‖ ― Usage is the only test.‖
HENRY JAMES
A text must first and foremost be realistic and contain a representation of life that is recognizable to its readers. Good novels, to James, show life in action and are, most importantly, interesting. The concept of a good or bad novel is judged solely upon whether the author is good or bad.
HENRY JAMES
Henry James （1843–1916）was an Americanborn writer, regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. Spent the last 53 years of his life in England and became a British subject in 1915, one year before his death. Novels: the encounter of Americans with Europe and Europeans. Explore issues related to consciousness and perception
ALEXANDER POPE
―He never passed a fault unamended by indifference, nor quitted it by despair.‖ --Samuel Johnson
To err is human, to forgive divine. An Essay on Criticism Man: the glory, jest, and riddle of the world.
Consider all these
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Many English prose: ―vague, unduly theoretical and often scolding‖ Lucidity and simplicity Example: Fowler’s Dictionary of Modern English Usage Maugham’s evaluation: “valuable”, “lively reading” “simplicity, straightforwardness, and common sense”, “no patience with pretentiousness”
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BUT Fowler had no ear------WHY? Because ―simplicity may sometimes make concessions to euphony‖ BUT: Anything is better than not write clearly To be bald or to wear a curly rig? Lucidity Simplicity Euphony
PARAGRAPH 9
Euphony’s danger: monotony Example: George Moore
Poor Wrote on wrapping paper with a blunt pencil
Musical English Misty languor
Monotony
PARAGRAPH 9
Repetition of a sound --beauty
PARAGRAPH 7
―Trivial and obvious instances‖ ―Many writers without distress will put two rhyming words together, join a monstrous long adjective to a monstrous long noun, or between the end of one word and the beginning of another have a conjunction of consonants that almost breaks your jaw.‖ No ear Word: weight, sound, appearance good to look at good to listen to
中文：动听？悦耳之音？悦音？
PARAGRAPH 7
Both writers and readers are devoid of the sensitiveness of the ear.
Poem
Alliteration
Prose
Alliteration should be used only for a special reason Accidental use disagreeable
DICTIONARY OF MODERN ENGLISH USAGE
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage, written by Henry W. Fowler, is a style guide to British English usage, pronunciation, and writing.
―Henry W. Fowler’s general approach to English usage was to encourage a direct, vigorous writing style, and to oppose all artificiality — firmly advising against unnecessarily convoluted sentence construction and the use of foreign words and phrases and archaisms. He opposed all pedantry, and notably ridiculed artificial grammar rules not warranted by natural English usage, such as bans on split infinitives and on ending a sentence with a preposition, rules on the placement of the word only, and distinctions between which and that. He also condemned every cliché whilst simultaneously defending useful distinctions , between words whose meanings were coalescing in practice, and guiding the user away from errors of word misuse, and illogical sentence construction.‖ --Wikipedia
PARAGRAPH 8
Idiom: backbone of language Racy phrase 锋利见血之辞 How to understand this sentence? ―He was no slavish admirer of logic and was willing enough to give usage right of way through the exact demesnes（领地 ）of grammar.‖ Right of way：the right to pass through Fowler considered the usage prior to the established grammar when conflicts took place.
French vs. English: French: grammatical and natural English: voice dominated during writing Example: personal experience ― I do not write as I want to; I write as I can.‖
Lucidity, Simplicity, Euphony
By W. Somerset Maugham
闫璐瑶
Paragraph 7,8,9
The last of the three characteristics
Euphony
PARAGRAPH 7
“Whether you ascribe the importance to euphony, …must depend on the sensitiveness of your ear” Euphony: definition A harmonious succession of words having a pleasing sound --Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
Hale Waihona Puke PARAGRAPH 8
English grammar is so difficult that few writers have avoided making mistakes. Example: Henry James Grammar: important, ―…grammar is common speech formulated.‖ ― Usage is the only test.‖
HENRY JAMES
A text must first and foremost be realistic and contain a representation of life that is recognizable to its readers. Good novels, to James, show life in action and are, most importantly, interesting. The concept of a good or bad novel is judged solely upon whether the author is good or bad.
HENRY JAMES
Henry James （1843–1916）was an Americanborn writer, regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. Spent the last 53 years of his life in England and became a British subject in 1915, one year before his death. Novels: the encounter of Americans with Europe and Europeans. Explore issues related to consciousness and perception
ALEXANDER POPE
―He never passed a fault unamended by indifference, nor quitted it by despair.‖ --Samuel Johnson
To err is human, to forgive divine. An Essay on Criticism Man: the glory, jest, and riddle of the world.
Consider all these
PARAGRAPH 8
Many English prose: ―vague, unduly theoretical and often scolding‖ Lucidity and simplicity Example: Fowler’s Dictionary of Modern English Usage Maugham’s evaluation: “valuable”, “lively reading” “simplicity, straightforwardness, and common sense”, “no patience with pretentiousness”
PARAGRAPH 9
BUT Fowler had no ear------WHY? Because ―simplicity may sometimes make concessions to euphony‖ BUT: Anything is better than not write clearly To be bald or to wear a curly rig? Lucidity Simplicity Euphony