CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONE DICTION

Section Ⅰ BASIC PRINCIPLES IN USING WORDS

Section Ⅱ PARTS OF SPEECH

CHAPTER TWO THE SENTENCE

Section Ⅰ TYPES OF SENTENCES

Section Ⅱ SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

Section Ⅲ SENTENCE FRAGMENTS

Section Ⅳ RUN-ON SENTENCES

Section Ⅴ CONFUSING SHIFTS

Section Ⅵ MISPLACED MODIFIERS

Section Ⅶ DANGLING MODIFIERS

Section Ⅷ PRONOUN AGREEMENT AND PRONOUN REFERENCE

Section Ⅸ PARALLEL CONSTRUCTION

Section Ⅹ MIXED CONSTRUCTION

Section Ⅺ INCOMPLETE CONSTRUCTION

Section Ⅻ CHINESE-ENGLISH MISTAKES

Section ⅩⅢ MAKING SFNTENCES CONCISE

Section ⅪⅤ OTHER MISTAKES IN SENTENCE WRITING

CHAPTER THREE THE PARAGRAPH

Scetion Ⅰ BASIC ELEMENTS OF A PARAGRAPH

Section Ⅱ THE TOPIC SENTENCE

Section Ⅲ UNITY

Section Ⅳ COHERENCE

Section Ⅴ TRANSITION SIGNALS

Section Ⅵ RICHNESS

CHAPTER FOUR THE ESSAY

Section Ⅰ WHAT IS AN ESSAY?

Section Ⅱ STEPS IN WRITING AN ESSAY

Section Ⅲ TYPES OF WRITING

CHAPTER FIVE LETTER WRITING

Section Ⅰ INTRODUCTION

Section Ⅱ LETTER LAY-OUT

Section Ⅲ THE ENVELOPE

Section Ⅳ PERSONAL LETTERS

Section Ⅴ BUSINESS LETTERS

CHAPTER SIX TECHNICAL WRITING

Section Ⅰ INTRODUCTION TO TECHNICAL WRITING

Section Ⅱ LINGUISTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF TECHNICAL WRITING

Section Ⅲ TECHNICAL DESCRIPTIONS

Section Ⅳ WRITING INSTRUCTIONS

Section Ⅴ INTERPRETATION OF DATA

CHAPTER SEVEN SUPPLEMENTARY EXERCISES GLOSSARY