Preface
PartOneSentenceSkills
1SentenceFragments
IneffectiveSentenceFragments
LegitimateSentenceFragments
2Run-onSentences
3MisplacedandDanglingModiffiers
MisplacedModifiers
DanglingModifiers
4PronounReference
AmbiguousReference
WeakReference
BroadReference
5Parallelism
ValueofParallelism
TechniquesUsedinGainingParallelism
AvoidanceofFaultyParallelism
6UnnecessaryShifts
UnnecessaryShiftsinVoiceorSubject
UnnecessaryShiftsinTense
UnnecessaryShiftsinMood
UnnecessaryShiftsinPersonorNumber
UnnecessaryShiftsinDiscourse
7SentenceEmphasis
ConsideringtheOrderofWordsasaMeansofAchievingEmphasis
UsingtheVoicethatIsMostEmphaticandAppropriate
PuttingStatementsinPositiveForm
RepeatingWords.Structures,orIdeasforOccasionalEmphasis
OmittingUnimportantWords
MakingUseofSpecialEmphaticSentencePatterns
UsingMechanicalDevicesforEmphasis
8SentenceVariety
VaryingtheBeginningofSentences
VaryingtheKindsofSentences
VaryingtheLengthofSentences
9Coordination
CoordinatingConjunctions
PatternsofCoordination
ConjunctionsandtheAccompanyingPunctuationinCompoundSentences
AvoidanceofExcessiveCoordination
10Subordination
SubordinationtoShowtheEmphasisoftheMainStatement
SubordinationtoAvoidChoppySentencesandtoBreakupLengthyCompoundSentences
WaysofSubordination
AvoidanceofInvertedSubordination
AvoidanceofExcessiveOverlappingofSubordinate
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PartTwoWritingParagraphs
11InternalStructureofaParagraph
12DevelopingtheParagraph
13Diction
Appendixes
Bibliography