AgentSkillsCN

writing-clearly-and-concisely

当用户说“提升我的写作”、“让这段文字更清晰”、“为清晰而编辑”、“校对”、“润色”、“审查我的散文”，或在撰写文档、README 文件、提交信息、错误信息、UI 文本、评论，或任何人类将阅读的散文时寻求帮助时使用。运用 Strunk 的《文体要素》法则，使写作更加清晰、有力、简洁。

SKILL.md
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name: writing-clearly-and-concisely
description:
  Use when user says "improve my writing", "make this clearer", "edit for
  clarity", "copyedit", "proofread", "review my prose", or asks for help with
  documentation, README files, commit messages, error messages, UI text,
  comments, or any prose humans will read. Applies Strunk's Elements of Style
  rules to make writing clearer, stronger, and more concise.

Writing Clearly and Concisely

Reference

Read elements-of-style.md before writing or editing prose. It contains the complete Strunk rules with examples (~12k tokens).

When context is tight, dispatch a subagent with your draft and elements-of-style.md to copyedit.

All Rules

Elementary Rules of Usage (Grammar/Punctuation)

  1. •Form possessive singular by adding 's
  2. •Use comma after each term in series except last
  3. •Enclose parenthetic expressions between commas
  4. •Comma before conjunction introducing co-ordinate clause
  5. •Don't join independent clauses by comma
  6. •Don't break sentences in two
  7. •Participial phrase at beginning refers to grammatical subject

Elementary Principles of Composition

  1. •One paragraph per topic
  2. •Begin paragraph with topic sentence
  3. •Use active voice
  4. •Put statements in positive form
  5. •Use definite, specific, concrete language
  6. •Omit needless words
  7. •Avoid succession of loose sentences
  8. •Express co-ordinate ideas in similar form
  9. •Keep related words together
  10. •Keep to one tense in summaries
  11. •Place emphatic words at end of sentence

Section V: Words and Expressions Commonly Misused

Alphabetical reference for usage questions