contents

chapter i  introduction
��1. composition and compositions
��2. purpose of this book
��3. your advantage
��4. your special difficulties
��5. rhetoric

chapter ii  mechanics of composition
��6. materials
��7. one side or two sides?
��8. margins
��9. spacing
��10. titles
��11. paging
��12. folding
��13. endorsing
��14. spelling
��15. syllabication
��16. underlining
��17. italics
��18. omissions, corrections, and insertions
��19. a warning

chapter iii  learning to write
��20. something to say
��21. how to say it
��22. a consolation
��23. others may have said it before you
��24. what to read
��25. how to read
��26. some dictionaries recommended
��27. self-cultivation
��28. writing from memory
��29. imitation, conscious and unconscious
��30. reading dictionaries
��31. expressing another person��s thoughts
��32. paraphrasing sentences
��33. suggestions for paraphrasing
��34. paraphrasing paragraphs
��35. paraphrasing verse
��36. condensing
��37. various degrees of condensation
��38. suggestions for condensing
��39. using materia1 in han
��40. expressing your own thoughts
��41. keeping a diary
��42. choosing a subject
��43. choosing a title
��44. taking notes
��45. making an outline
��46. note-taking and outline-making in the head
��47. making outlines of what you read
��48. expanding an outline
��49. practice in composition

chapter iv  writing correctly
��50. what is correct english?
��51. usage
��52. present-day usage
��53. neologisms
��54. english and american usage
��55. good usage
��56. expressions outside of good usage
��57. colloquialisms etc in written english

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chapter v  writing correctly (continued)

 chapter vi  writing well

chapter vii paragraphs

chater vii forms of composition