KindsofSentences 1
GeneralIdeaAboutCoordinationandSubordination 4
ChapterTwoEffectiveSentences 8
Unity 8
Coherence 10
Shifts 10
ReferenceofPronouns 13
Emphasis 15
Variety 17
ChapterThreeSentenceSkills 25
SentenceFragments 25
FusedSentencesandCommaSplices 29
Subject-VerbAgreement 32
MisplacedModifiersandDanglingModifiers 35
FaultyParallelism 37
ChapterFourAppropriateness 53
LevelsofWords 53
PartTwoDiction 53
NonstandardEnglish 55
Consistency 59
ChapterFiveExactness 63
DenotationandConnotation 63
GeneralandSpecific,AbstractandConcreteWords 65
EffectiveWordChoice 67
Idioms 72
DictionaryUse 78
ChapterSixDictionaries 78
SomeGoodDictionaries 85
PartThreeTheParagraph 87
ChapterSevenIntroductiontotheParagraph 87
WhatIsaParagraph 87
TheFormofaParagraph 87
GuidelinesforParagraphWriting 88
TheImportancetoLearntoWriteParagraphs 88
WhatIsUnity 90
ChapterEightUnity 90
HowtoMakeaParagraphUnified 91
BasicPrinciplesofParagraphUnity:aSummary 93
ChapterNineCoherence 99
WhatIsCoherence 99
HowtoMakeaParagraphCoherent 100
ChapterTenCompleteness 111
WhatDoesCompletenessMean 111
HowtoMakeaParagraphComplete 111
ChapterElevenPatternsofDevelopment 116
Classification 116
ComparisonandContrast 117
Process 118
CauseandEffect 118
Definition 119
ChapterTwelveMechanics 122
ManuscriptForm 122
PartFourMechanicsandPunctuation 122
Italics 123
Syllabification 124
Capitalization 125
Abbreviations 128
Numbers 129
ChapterThirteenPunctuation 133
ThePeriod(.) 133
TheComma(,) 134
TheSemicolon(;) 138
TheColon(:) 139
TheQuestionMark(？) 139
TheExclamationPoint(！) 140
QuotationMarks(“”) 140
TheApostrophe(’) 142
KeytotheExercises 146
Glossary 162
Bibliography 166