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CHAPTERⅠ.INTRODUCTION.CompositionandCompositions.PurposeofthisBook.YourAdvantage.YourSpecialDifficulties.RhctoricCHAPTERⅡ.MECHANICSOFCOMPOSITION.Materials.OneSideorTowSides?.Margins.Spaeing.Titles.Paging.Folding.Endorsing.Spelling.Syllabication.Underlining.Italics.Omissions,Corrections,andInsertions.AWarningCHAPTERⅢ.LEARNINGTOWRITE.SomethingtoSay.HowtoSayit.AConsolation.OthersmayhaveSaiditBeforeYou.WhattoRead.HowtoRead.SomeDictionariesRecommended.Self-cultivation.WritingfromMemory.Imitation,ConsciousandUnconscious.ReadingDictionaries.ExpressingAnotherPersonsThoughts.ParaphrasingSentences.SuggestionsforParaphrasing.ParaphrasingParagraphs.ParaphrasingVerse.Condensing.VariousDegreesofCondensation.SuggestionsforCondensing.UsingChineseMaterial.ExpressingYourOwnThoughts.KeepingaDiary.ChoosingaSubject.ChoosingaTitle.TakingNotes.MakinganOutline.Note-takingandOutline-makingintheHead.MakingOutlinesofWhatYouRead.ExpandinganOutline.PracticeinCompositionCHAPTERⅣ.WRITINGCORRECTLY.WhatisCorrectEnglish?.Usage.Present-dayUsage.Neologisms.EnglishandAmericanUsage.GoodUsage.ExpressionsOutsideofGoodUsage.ColloquialismsEtc.inWrittenEnglish.YouareQuiteSafe.HowYouViolateUsageCHAPTERⅤ.WRITINGCORRECTLY(Continued).Grammar.Idiom.GrammarandIdiom.AbouttheStudyofGrammar.AbouttheStudyofIdiom.SomeBooksRecommended.MakeYourOwnDictionaryofUsage.ExercisesinGrammar.ProperNounsUsedasCommonNouns.NounsUsedasAdjectives.SingularsandPlurals.NounsSingularOnly.NounsPluralUsuallyorPluralOnly.NounsPluralinaSpecialUsage.NounsofMultitude.AbstractNounsinPlural.MaterialNounsinPlural.NounsEndingin-ics.SomeMiscellaneousNouns.NumeralsinPlural.NumberinNounsUsedasAdjectives.NumberandArticles.PluralSubjectwithSingularVerb.SomeKnottyPointsofNumber.GenderandSex.MaleorFemaleBeingsConsideredNeuter.AnimalsConsideredMasculineorFeminineWithoutRef-erencetoSex.SexlessThingsConsideredMasculineorFeminine.MasculineandFeminineNounsUsedasNounsofCom-monGender.FeminineNounsEndingin-ess.NounsEndingin-man.WordsofCommonGenderMadeMasculineorFeminine.GenderandNumber.PossessiveCaseandOf-phrase.SubjectiveandObjectiveMeanings.PossessivePlurals.NounPhrasesandPossessiveCase.sRepeatedandOfRepeated.PossessiveCaseandLifelessThings.IdiomaticUsesofPossessiveCase.NounOmittedafterPossessive.OfbeforePossessive.OneNouninTwoCases.PronounanditsAntecedent.LackofaCommon-genderThird-person-singularPronoun.AQuestionofPerson.CaseinPronouns.ObjectiveUsedasPredicateNominative.InterrogativeWhoasUsedObjective.RelativeWhomUsedasNominative.WhomUsedafterThan.NominativeorObjectiveafterBut?.ACuriousCaseofAgreement.National,Editorial,andGenericUsesofWe.GenericUseofYou.IndefiniteUseofThey.GenericUseofOne.IdiomaticUsesofIt.TwoDistinctConstructionsofIt...That.DefiningandNon-definingRelativeClauses.TheRelativePronounsWho,Which,andThat.ThreePointsofChoicebetweenWho(m)andWhich.TwoRelativeClausesLinkedbyAndorBut.OmissionofRelativePronouns.WhichWithoutDefiniteAntecedent.AsasRelativePronoun.WhoasIndefiniteRelativePronoun.WhatPrecedingStatement.OneAnotherandEachOther.AdjectivesUsedasNouns.ExactSensesofAdjectives.ACuriousPointaboutComparatives.TwoCuriousUsesofSuperlatives.AMostFollowedbyAdjective."Worth"TakinganObject.TheMatter.NothingMuch.Articles.AandAbstractNouns.SomeWordsOftenMistakenforAbstractNouns.GenericUseofArticles.PositionofA(orAn).TheGivingCommonNounAbstractSense.ArticlesandProperNouns.OmissionofArticles.RepetitionofArticles.FinalRemarksonArticles.TransitiveandIntransitiveVerbs.AbsoluteUseofTransitiveVerbs.CopulativeVerbs.FactitiveVerbs.VerbsTakingDoubleObject.TenseandTime.PresentTenseReferringtoFuture.PresentTenseReferringtoPast.PastTenseReferringtoFuture.PresentPerfectTensevsPastTense.PastPerfectTense.PerfectTensevsFactitiveHavewithPastParticipleasComplement.ContinuousTenses.AlwayswithContinuousTenses.BeinContinuousTenses.UsedFollowedbyInfinitive.BeFollowedbyInfinitive.HaveFollowedbyInfinitive.InfinitivewithoutTo.SplitInfinitives.ToStandingforInfinitive.ToFollowedbyGerund.InfinitiveorGerund?.EnoughQualifiedbyInfinitive.TooQualifiedbyInfinitive.ActiveandPassiveInfinitives.ActiveandPassiveGerunds.GerundsUsedasAdjectives.GerundandPossessive.FusedParticiples.PresentParticipleSeparatedfromSubjectbyPredicateVerb.UnattachedParticiples.IntransitivePastParticiplesUsedasAdjectives.ShallandWill,ShouldandWould.SubjunctiveMood.SequenceofTenses.TheasAdverb.DoubleAdverbialThe.Quasi-adverbs.Prepositions.IdiomaticUsesofPrepositions.PrepositionsbeforeParticularWords.PrepositionsafterParticularWords.OmissionofPrepositions.PrepositionsGoverningWordsOtherthanNounsandPronouns.That-clauseinAppositiontoNouns.That-clauseQualifyingAdjectivesandPastParticiples.That-clauseUsedafterVerbs.That-clauseQualifyingSoandSuch.IdiomaticUsesofThat.OmissionofThat.AndExpressingResult.OrMeaningOtherwise.IdiomaticUsesofIf.ThanwithEllipsis.WhenasRelativeConjunction.AsWellAs.Though...Yet....IndirectQuestions.NegativeInversionCHAPTERⅥ.WRITINGWELL.WhatisGoodWriting?.Superstitions.DictionandSentenceStructure.TheExactWord.SpecifieandGeneralWords.PlainandPretentiousWords.IdiomaticPhrasesandIdiomaticUsesofPlainWords.FineWriting.HackneyedPhrases.WordsUsedTooOften.EconomyofWords.PeriodicandLooseSentences.QualitiesofaGoodSentence.Unity.Coherence.Emphasis.EuphonyCHAPTERⅦ.PARAGRAPHS.WhatisaParagraph?.LengthofParagraphs.ParagraphsandOutline.TopicSentence.ParagraphDevelopment.QualitiesofaGoodParagraph.TransitionbetweenParagraphsCHAPTERⅧ.FORMSOFCOMPOSITION.Narration,Deseription,Exposition,andArgument.PointofViewinNarration.WhatTensetoUse?.StoryStyleandNewsStyle.PlainAccountofEvents.Artistic,Practical,andScientificDescription.AvoidFineWriting.WhatisBeautifulLanguage?.ExamplesofArtisticDescription.PracticalDescription.ExpositionisExplanation.Definition.WhattoAvoidinExposition.ExamplesofExposition.ArgumentandExposition.QuestionandAhswer.WhattoAvoidinArgument.FormalandInforinalArgument.ExamplesofArgument 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