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Contents

1. INTRODUCTORY
   
   
2. ELEMENTARY RULES OF USAGE
   1. Form the possessive singular of nouns with 's
   2. In a series of three or more terms with a single conjunction, use a comma after each term except the last
   3. Enclose parenthetic expressions between commas
   4. Place a comma before and or but introducing an independent clause
   5. Do not join independent clauses by a comma
   6. Do not break sentences in two
   7. A participial phrase at the beginning of a sentence must refer to the grammatical subject
   8. Divide words at line-ends, in accordance with their formation and pronunciation
   
   
   
3. ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF COMPOSITION
   9. Make the paragraph the unit of composition: one paragraph to each topic
   10. As a rule, begin each paragraph with a topic sentence; end it in conformity with the beginning
   11. Use the active voice
   12. Put statements in positive form
   13. Omit needless words
   14. Avoid a succession of loose sentences
   15. Express co-ordinate ideas in similar form
   16. Keep related words together
   17. In summaries, keep to one tense
   18. Place the emphatic words of a sentence at the end
   
   
   
4. A FEW MATTERS OF FORM
   
   
5. WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS COMMONLY MISUSED
   
   
6. WORDS COMMONLY MISSPELLED

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