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Foreword IntroductionI. Elementary Rules of Usage. 1. Form thePossessive Singular of Nouns by Adding s. 2. In a Series of Three or MoreTerms with a Single Conjunction, Use a Comma after Each Term except the Last.3. Enclose Parenthetic Expressions between Commas. 4. Place a Comma before aConjunction Introducing an Independent Clause. 5. Do Not Join IndependentClauses with a Comma. 6. Do Not Break Sentences in Two. 7. Use a Colon afteran Independent Clause to Introduce a List of Particulars, an Appositive, anAmplification, or an Illustrative Question. 8. Use a Dash to Set Off anAbrupt Break or Interruption and to Announce a Long Appositive or Summary. 9.The Number of the Subject Determines the Number of the Verb. 10. Use theProper Case of Pronoun. 11. A Participial Phrase at the Beginning of theSentence Must Refer to the Grammatical Subject. II. Elementary Principles ofComposition. 12. Choose a Suitable Sesign and Hold to It. 13. Make theParagraph the unit of Composition. 14. Use the Active Voice. 15. PutStatements in Positive Form. 16. Use Definite, Specific, Concrete Language.17. Omit Needless Words. 18. Avoid a Succession of Loose Sentences. 19.Express Coordinate Ideas in Similar Form. 20. Keep Related Words Together.21. In Summaries, Keep to One Tense. 22. Place the Emphatic Words of aSentence at the End. III. A Few Matters of Form. IV. Words and ExpressionsCommonly Misused. V. An Approach to Style (with a list of reminders).1. PlaceYourself in the Background. 2. Write in a Way That Comes Naturally. 3. WorkFrom a Suitable Style. 4. Write with Nouns and Verbs. 5. Revise and Rewrite.6. Do Not Overwrite. 7. Do Not Overstate. 8. Avoid the Use of Qualifiers. 9.Do Not Affect a Breezy Manner. 10. Use Orthodox Spelling. 11. Do Not ExplainToo Much. 12. Do Not Construct Awkward Adverbs. 13. Make Sure the ReaderKnows Who is Speaking. 14. Avoid Fancy Words. 15. Do Not Use Dialect UnlessYour Ear Is Good. 16. Be Clear. 17. Do Not Inject Opinion. 18. Use Figures ofSpeech Sparingly. 19. Do Not Take Shortcuts at the Cost of Clarity. 20. AvoidForeign Languages. 21. Prefer the Standard to the Offbeat. Afterword.Glossary.